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Market cap funds disappoint investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
The vast majority of Australian funds failed to outperform respective benchmarks in 2018 and recorded relatively poor performance compared to the prior year. This is according to the latest S&P Dow Jones Indices' SPIVA Australia Scorecard, which showed ...

Financial advisers evolving as wealth managers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... capital preservation when selecting investments for clients," Investment Trends analyst John Carver said. The vast majority of stockbrokers (73%) and financial planners (83%) believe gearing is a key investment strategy in clients' portfolios, but ...

Sunsuper introduces advice fee caps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... has been positive, she added. "We understand this is a big change, however the new fees have been welcomed by the majority of financial advisers we work with, who understand the caps are in the best interests of our more than 1.3 million members," Fuchs ...

CFA Institute settles hiring dispute

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... citizens. "Graders are hired for a one to two-week period every year to grade essay questions from Level III exams. The majority of graders have full-time jobs in financial services and participate in grading because of their charterholder status, their ...

'Best in show' a no go: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... unlikely a shortlist of default super providers will eventuate. This is based on the reaction of legislators, the majority of industry participants and numerous expert commentators, KPMG said. Coupled with the recommendation that individuals only have ...

Pinnacle nears $50bn milestone

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... saw an overall FUM increase of $8.7 billion. The group said Firetrail's institutional inflows accounted for the majority of Pinnacle's institutional net inflows for the six month period. It also reconfirms Rainmaker Information analysis which ...

GAM sacks investment director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... which "has been prejudged since the announcement of my suspension." "I dispute many of the findings, while noting the majority of the allegations have been dropped. Meanwhile, I have been made redundant by a process which I also consider to have been ...

Platform acquisition boosts Bell Financial results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... The stockbroking, investment and financial advisory firm saw revenue increase 7% to $220 million year on year. The majority of revenue was generated by brokerage services of $112.9 million and driven mainly by retail clients ($94.3m). NPAT jumped 20% ...

Royal Commission will worsen credit crunch: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... financial services Royal Commission's final recommendations, Financial Standard 's latest spot poll shows. The majority of respondents (64%) agreed Commissioner Hayne's final report, which was released on February 4, will have the unintended ...

CBA posts $4.6b in profits, dividend flat

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... bank's total spending on remediation now stands at $1.46 billion, including provisions. This includes advice. Majority of this ($1.2 billion) is for the wealth customers including reviews of its advice and service delivery functions, Credit Card ...