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Advice practices need succession plan: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
Financial advice practices remain bullish on business outlook but few hold any long-term strategic plans to capitalise on expected industry growth. A report published by knowITdigital and Business Health shows one-third of advice practices have a long-term ...

Factor investing must be long-term: Vanguard

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Vanguard believes investors would be better off considering the characteristics of a certain factor and its addition to portfolio performance rather than purely targeting outperformance through factor-based funds. The fund manager's latest research ...

Fortnum names two key hires

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
A former national manager at BT Financial Group is now heading financial advice at Fortnum Private Wealth. Joining Fortnum as head of advice is Kerry Thomas. She was previously national manager, practice advice, at BTFG and has more than 15 years' financial ...

Bankers told to spread positive message

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
Twelve months in to its public commitment to place more focus on protecting consumer interests, the banking industry still needs to persuade the community that change is being made. On Friday independent governance expert Ian McPhee delivered his fourth ...

Negative gearing exposing Australia's poor: KPMG

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
KPMG warns any increase in Australia's historically low interest rates would cause serious economic problems and affect households across the entire financial spectrum, from rich to poor. The industry consultant said one of its biggest concerns is that ...

Smarter Money funds get Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... "investment grade" by Lonsec as a result of the research house's "high regard for the fund's senior portfolio managers Darren Harvey and Christopher Joye." Lonsec also praised the quality of the wider investment team, adding that the investment manager ...

Coolabah Capital hires former Energy Super chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... corporate treasuries and super funds, which account for about 80% our FUM," Coolabah co-chief investment officer and co-founder Darren Harvey said. Co-founder Christopher Joye added: "We are unique in the active cash and credit spaces insofar as we don't ...

Financial Standard wins prestigious award

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Financial Standard journalist Alex Burke has been honoured for a series of feature articles on retirement income, winning an award at the Australian Citi Journalism Awards for Excellence. Burke was judged winner of the Markets and Investment category ...

Super insurance maintains active pricing: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
About one-fifth of superannuation funds changed insurance rates or cover in the final quarter of 2016, latest Rainmaker research shows. The just-released Superannuation Benchmarking Report details how these super funds changed insurance rates or cover ...

ANZ updates position on wealth business

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott has confirmed the bank is not getting out of wealth entirely and is seeking a partnership where products would be manufactured for the business. Elliott said ANZ's wealth management business is not putting a "for sale" ...