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Industry funds reign supreme: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... likely to need financial advice and education but this has proven difficult in the past because of cost, the level of interest and trust. The poor rating in the overall population for financial planners regarding their ethics and honesty [from the Roy ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... markets. "If you think about the economy with robust world growth and stock markets screaming higher, but yet we've had interest rates at depression era lows," he said. If interest rates pick up back to what Baur thinks is more normal, it's "going to ...

RNY wind-up sought as ASIC blocks Aurora move

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... assume that it will remain RE." This means, RAML said, that it would "act on its long-standing view as to what is in the interest of unitholders, which is to wind up the trust." RAML previously clashed with Aurora in November, when the former noted that ...

J.P. Morgan winds up global equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... gathered sufficient assets and has limited prospects for future growth. As a result, J.P. Morgan believes it is in the best interest of the unitholders to temrinate the fund," J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of Australia funds David Hallifax said. ...

Former Centra Wealth adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... directly into his personal bank account, receiving a financial benefit. ASIC determined that Alafaci acted in his own self-interest to the detriment of Centra, with his conduct also misleading Centra and causing it to suffer a financial loss. More recently ...

First Aussie fixed income mandate for global manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... strategies." "While our equity portfolios are already well-known for delivering superior long-term investment results, our fixed-interest capabilities, both traditional and alternative debt, have only recently been recognised by the market and we are ...

Financial advice crucial to industry fund members: Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... conflicted performance measures and incentives that drive the wrong behaviour, and advice that isn't strictly in the best interest of the member," Harper said. "Our entire model from start to finish is accountable, non-conflicted and designed in members' ...

AFA to launch investigation into adviser misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers has confirmed it will launch its own investigation into why three of its members entered into enforceable undertakings with ASIC in as many days. While AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said he would not discuss the ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... accounts (MDA). And while these newer channels may for now be getting most of the media attention this will stir renewed interest in Listed Investment Companies (LIC). These are all legitimate means of investing that should be assessed through a common ...

IMF ramps up funding for CBA class action

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... tolerate the corporate misconduct that has mired the bank in bad news in recent times, with thousands registering their interest in the class action, including hundreds of institutional investors." As previously reported in Financial Standard, the class ...