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Fixed income manager opens Australian office

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... distributor for BlueBay strategies in Asia ex-Japan. It will utilise BlueBay's presence in Australia to provide both BlueBay and RBC GAM strategies to clients in Australasia.

Former AMP adviser banned for $2.5m fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
A former AMP adviser was permanently banned by ASIC for misappropriating almost $2.5 million of client funds. Over the course of nine years, Hobart-based Daniel Joseph Noonan stole $2,495,117 from 14 clients while operating as an authorised representative ...

New ethical advice certification will drive consumer trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON AND DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
A new certification for the provision of value-based, ethical financial advice is now available to individual advisers delivering advice free from conflict or incentive. Launched by Certainty Advice Group, the certification is applicable to advisers ...

Passive versus active is crippling: QIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
Active and passive fixed income investing are complementary, not at logger-heads, and serve different purposes within portfolios and in different market conditions, according to QIC. In a new paper the investment management giant explores the debate ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
I'll see your "fire and fury" and raise you Guam. Yes Virginia, that's Trump and Kim going ballistic once again as they play high stakes ICBM poker. Who will be the first to blink and fold? From what we already know of each players' character and temperament ...

Magellan scores major consumer partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Magellan is set to dramatically boost its retail footprint with a new sponsorship agreement. The three-year partnership with Cricket Australia will see Magellan sign on as the naming rights sponsor for the Australian domestic Test series, commencing ...

CBA faces anti-money laundering allegations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
The Commonwealth Bank is potentially facing millions of dollars in civil penalties following allegations it did not comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism law. Financial intelligence and regulatory agency AUSTRAC has initiated Federal ...

Remembering Gerry Porter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
The financial advice industry is mourning the loss of the man behind the Association of Financial Advisers' Genxt initiative. Former AFA board member and Queensland state director Gerry Porter, who passed away over the weekend, is being remembered as ...

MLC Life launches group insurance platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
MLC Life Insurance is positioning itself to directly challenge Australia's established group insurers, unveiling a group insurance digital platform for superannuation fund trustees, administrators and members. The latest instalment in MLC Life's $400 ...

Responsible AUM strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Nearly half (44%) of Australia's assets under management are invested responsibly, but the lack of awareness and qualified advice around responsible products remain the industry's biggest detractors. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia's ...