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

Search Results

Showing 631 - 640 of 1884 results for "Wen"

AMP advisers to fight BOLR changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
The AMP Financial Planners Association will contest changes to AMP's Buyer of Last Resort terms flagged last week, saying the group has failed to meet contractual obligations to advisers. Last week, AMP signaled it would look to align BOLR business ...

ASIC fines Finclear $70,000

KRISTI CHENG, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
Finclear Execution has paid a penalty of $70,000 for failing to comply with on-market buy-back rules. The Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) found Finclear contravened market integrity rules in relation to a pre-arranged crossing in April 2018 for an ...

FASEA exam results spark debate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
Financial advisers have taken to social media to vent about the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam results. While many posted screenshots of the FASEA certificate saying that they passed the exam, some advisers had questions. Financial ...

SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
The superannuation sector is in a spin over the super guarantee, despite the Government committing to its legislated increase to 12%. In a media release, the peak-body for industry superannuation, Industry Super Australia, fired a shot across the Government's ...

REI Super names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
REI Super has named its new chief executive to replace long-serving incumbent Mal Smith, who steps down this year. Jarrod Coysh, who was most recently group executive of employers, strategy and corporate development at Cbus, is the new chief for the ...

Corporate fund updates members on fee changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
A $12 billion corporate super fund has achieved lower investment and transaction fees for its members for the 2019 financial year. Commonwealth Bank Group Super's investment-related fee and cost estimates, which generally change each year, were ...

Advice associations weigh in on member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
The peak bodies representing financial advisers have taken similar positions on the Government's latest round of superannuation reforms. In submissions to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on the Putting Members' Interests First Bill ...

Paradice hires from Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
Paradice Investment Management has added to its distribution team with a hire from Pengana Capital, as it launches a new fund. Dan McAleer is Paradice's new distribution manager based in Melbourne. He has 12 years of experience and was in a similar ...

Former financial adviser jailed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
A former financial adviser who used $5 million in client funds to prop up his own business, pay off his credit cards and gamble has been jailed. James Gibbs was convicted of theft and dishonesty offences committed when he was director of James Gibbs ...

MySuper lacks risk and return correlation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
New research suggests investment objectives of superannuation funds should be assessed on their own merit as the level of risk does not always directly link to returns. Rainmaker's inaugural RMetrics MySuper report took a deep dive into the relationship ...