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Young advisers key to business sustainability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The highest performing financial services firms are those that are more likely to hire younger advisers, according to new research. Macquarie's second bi-annual AFS Benchmarking Report shows that more than 55% of high performing firms are hiring younger ...

FPA finds Sam Henderson guilty

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
High profile financial adviser Sam Henderson has been found guilty of nine of 10 alleged breaches of the Financial Planning Association of Australia's code of professional practice. The determination was delivered this afternoon by the FPA's ...

CBA releases remediation scorecard

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
An independent review of CBA's remediation action plan says the bank has satisfactorily hit just one of its 153 milestones as at August end, but is showing evidence of commitment. CBA was required to put together a remediation action plan after APRA ...

YTML launches advice app aggregator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Financial planning technology provider YTML is launching a financial advice app store. The Seido Financial Advice App Store will enable apps designed for each stage of the advice journey to work together to efficiently create compliant advice documents. ...

Hostplus VC assets to hit $1bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
Hostplus is tipped to become the largest investor in venture capital in Australia as assets are forecast to reach $1 billion by the end of September. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia told the AIST Super Investment Conference that the $33 ...

Drought-hit farmers turn to advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
This July was the driest in Australia for 16 years. Almost 100% of New South Wales and 57% of Queensland is in drought and financial advisers are dealing first-hand with the impact. The numbers are startling yet they don't come close to measuring ...

AustralianSuper secures WestConnex stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
AustralianSuper's infrastructure investment portfolio now exceeds $13 billion following its joint acquisition of WestConnex in New South Wales. AustralianSuper members are now part owners in a $9.26 billion integrated transport project that will ...

Nikko launches global disruption fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
Nikko Asset Management is launching a global disruptive innovation fund in partnership with ARK Investment Management. The fund is a global equity portfolio focused on disruptive innovation, providing Australian investors with exposure to ARK's disruptive ...

MetLife partners with industry fund for digital tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
MetLife Australia partnered with an $8 billion industry superannuation fund to launch its digital life insurance tool designed to speed up claims tracking and lodgment for fund members. Statewide Super partnered with MetLife to launch the new digital ...

CountPlus resumes dividend payments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
CountPlus reported its FY18 earnings as the business moves into the final stage of a two-year transformation period, resuming dividend payments in the process. In a release, the diversified wealth management firm announced it had resumed dividend payments ...