Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 6021 - 6030 of 20553 results for "BEN"

CFS study finds managed accounts improve advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
Financial advisers now have a number for how much more time they can expect to spend with their clients if they switch to managed accounts. A new whitepaper published by Colonial First State this week found advisers using managed accounts were spending ...

APRA lifts interest-only restrictions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
Australia's banks can now move back into interest-only lending, and their peak industry body says competition will increase as a result. This week APRA announced it would remove the 30% benchmark for new interest-only residential mortgages, which it ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... optimistic in the midst of all the evidence. It looks as if Fed chair Jerome Powell and his merry men are doing a similar thing to Ben Bernanke and his brothers in 2008. A year before the GFC, then Fed chair Bernanke was quoted saying: "Overall, the ...

UBS signs on Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
UBS will use Morningstar to provide securities pricing and industry news on its platform that five large superannuation funds use for their direct investment options. In an arrangement signed off six weeks ago, Morningstar replaced Reuters, which had ...

Final call for 2019 Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
There are five economic factors that will determine whether investors add more risk to emerging markets portfolios in 2019. It's also at a time when EM equity valuations are relatively cheap yet investor sentiment is dim. Previewing the 2019 Financial ...

Former adviser charged over super theft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
A former financial adviser was charged with 20 dishonesty offences after stealing clients' superannuation savings for his own use. Daniel McSweeny appeared in Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney this week facing 20 charges relating to dishonest conduct ...

Investors to move on property before election: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
The world's largest asset manager can't see the bottom of Australia's housing downturn and it expects investors to be ahead of the game. Giving its global investment outlook for the year ahead, BlackRock said softening house prices might lead investors ...

ASIC sharpens focus on managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
ASIC will keep a closer eye on managed accounts in 2019, which will involve scrutinising the financial advice provided in more detail. In its 2018-22 Corporate Plan, the corporate regulator announced a new project reviewing the practices of managed ...

Centrepoint Alliance boosts executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
Centrepoint Alliance has made a raft of appointments to its leadership team in support of its ongoing strategic refresh. The group has now added a new group executive of people and transformation, a chief technology and marketing officer, and an interim ...

Portfolio implementation delays costing investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
The speedier implementation of portfolio changes enabled by managed accounts can have a significant impact on investors' wealth, latest Lonsec analysis shows. Citing responsiveness as a key benefit of managed accounts, Lonsec measured the hypothetical ...