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Government launches TPB review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
The Federal Government launched a review into the effectiveness of the Tax Practitioners Board. In a media release on Tuesday Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert said the review would examine the TPB's effectiveness in ensuring tax agent services are ...

Class makes managed accounts play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
Class is investing $4 million in an MDA service provider, with an option to take full ownership of the company down the track. Investing in Philo Capital Advisers, Class will provide software to support the company's offering, including services to ...

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 ...

Mixed year for local market neutral funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
Australian market neutral funds returned a disappointing -3.2% last year on average but the style still remains an important portfolio diversifier, according to Zenith head of equities Quan Nguyen. The -3.2% after fee returns are roughly in line with ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
The "Year of the Pig" is turning out to be what it signifies - prosperity, good fortune and success. This is no truer than from the land the 12 animal signs of the lunar calendar zodiac originated - China. This is against consensus expectations that ...

New managed portfolio education hub launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
A new education portal for financial advisers keen to learn more about managed portfolios has launched. HUB24 introduced a new online hub providing a raft of content for financial advisers, covering how managed portfolios work, how they differ from ...

TAL hires former Rest executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
The former operations chief at Rest has joined TAL as chief commercial officer. Andrew Howard will lead the integration and transition of Suncorp Life into TAL in the newly created role. Howard will be responsible for the performance of the newly integrated ...

Chief economist update: US economic growth is slowing and accelerating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
US economic growth has slowed in the final quarter of 2018. US economic growth continues to accelerate in the last quarter of 2018. Both are correct statements. It only depends what measurement of US GDP growth rate is used. The US Bureau of Economic ...

Sunsuper introduces advice fee caps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
Sunsuper has introduced financial advice fee caps to combat unnecessary balance erosion, further ensuring the Sole Purpose Test is met. From this week, the $60 billion industry fund has capped the fees payable to a financial adviser via a clients' ...

New ASX governance principles target culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
The ASX and its new corporate governance principles unveiled overnight are taking a leaf out of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's final recommendations. The fourth iteration of the ASX Corporate Governance Council's principles and recommendations ...