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Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
Some would call it karma, for many it's just the plain and simple truism that a trade war is a lose-lose proposition. In his quest to "make America great again" and under the guise of "national security", US President Donald Trump kicked off with ...

TAL expands Risk Academy offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
Life insurer TAL is growing its portfolio of health-related education courses through its financial adviser training program. TAL Risk Academy is introducing an education course which assists financial advisers to get the best outcomes for clients who ...

ASIC takes financial planner to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
ASIC is taking a Queensland-based financial planner to the Supreme Court, after his licensee reported him to the corporate regulator. Brett Andrew Gordon operated a financial planning business, Refocus Financial Group on the Sunshine Coast. He held ...

YBR offloads legacy wealth subsidiary

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
Yellow Brick Road is selling its wholly-owned investment services business. YBR announced that Yellow Brick Road Investment Services has entered into a book sale and purchase agreement with INPRO Australia. The transaction will see INPRO senior financial ...

Super fund rationalisation painful: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
The superannuation industry shouldn't underestimate the pain or amount of difficulty it will experience if the proposed rationalisation of underperforming funds eventuates, the second day of Productivity Commission public hearings was told in Melbourne. ...

New NAB product garners CEFC support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is making a cornerstone investment in a new responsible investment offering from NAB which targets fixed income investors. CEFC has invested $90 million in the new $200 million Low Carbon Shared Portfolio, which ...

The future of advice fee structures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
To ensure the success of financial advice businesses in the post-Royal Commission world, financial advisers must separate planning and product advice fees, as well as benchmark both planning advice fees and portfolio performance. That is the view of ...

$26 billion real estate group shuffles portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
Vicinity Centres is offloading about $1 billion of sub-regional and neighbourhood shopping centres, with a view to reinvest in opportunities that create better value for security holders. The recent portfolio reshuffle builds on the ASX-listed real ...

Fiducian acquires $35m planning business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
ASX-listed financial planning group Fiducian has acquired a practice with $35 million in funds under advice. The practice is based in South-East Queensland. Total consideration for the purchase is $330,000, and Fiducian said it will be funded by excess ...

MAX Awards: Voting opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
Financial Standard readers now have the opportunity to vote for the 2018 MAX Awards, recognising the leading marketing, advertising and sales professionals within financial services. Following nominations, 110 finalists have been named across 22 categories. ...