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Managed Accounts Forum survey open

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
Rainmaker research says the managed accounts market is growing three-times the rate of the regular platform market. In the lead up to the Best Practice Forum on Managed Accounts, Financial Standard is running a survey to further this industry insight. ...

Royal Commission seeks further disclosure over financial misconduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne had to repeatedly ask some of Australia's largest financial services businesses to properly explain the nature, extent and effect of any misconduct over the past five to 10 years. Overseeing the Royal Commission into the Misconduct ...

YBR founder to lead government taskforce

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
The founder and chair of Yellow Brick Road will lead a Federal Government small business taskforce with appointees from Suncorp, Australian Unity and NAB. Mark Bouris will chair the Small Business Taskforce, which the Department of Industry, Innovation ...

Global disruption fund locks in former CEOs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
Evans Dixon chairman David Evans has assembled an investment team of former chief executives to raise up to $150 million for the soon to be ASX-listed Global Disruption Fund. The initial portfolio is expected to include Amazon, Facebook, Alibaba, Netflix ...

Last chance to have your say: Financial Standard weekly spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
A little more than one in 10 financial advisers will be reviewing client fee structures in the next financial year according to the latest Financial Standard weekly readership survey. This week the publication asked "If you are a financial adviser ...

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 ...

CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
Rio Tinto is supportive of a resolution co-filed by US pension fund CalPERS requesting the global mining giant provide an annual report on environmental risks and opportunities associated with climate change. CalPERS holds about 250,000 shares in Rio ...

FICAP unveils auction prizes for RockStar event

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
The countdown is on to FICAP's 10th anniversary "Who wants to be a RockStar" night to be held on Thursday, 10 March at The Ivy. FICAP Chairman, Chris Larsen said "The committee have been working hard to make this the best year yet and have assembled ...

Lack of scaleability curbs hedge fund appeal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Hedge funds are too nuanced to be scaled and investors shouldn't try to assemble them into portfolios, said a leading alternatives investment manager. "Investing in a hedge fund is a collectors' business. You're not building a portfolio but a collection ...

Future Fund's morphing objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
Ambiguity around the Future Fund and whether it's a fund for public servants' super or a genuine Australian sovereign wealth fund continues to challenge the fund's leadership. Speaking in Perth yesterday, Future Fund managing director David Neal believes ...