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First State Super appoints CFO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Profit-to-member superannuation fund First State Super is expanding its executive team with the appointment of a chief financial officer. Tim Elliott, previously the chief operating officer and chief financial officer at StatePlus, has taken up the ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." This is one of the immortal quotes from the 1939 classic movie, "Gone With the Wind" and, it appears, the same words China's financial markets gave to Moody's Investors Service when it downgraded China's long-term ...

AMP continues goals-based advice focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
AMP chief executive Craig Meller has reaffirmed the company's application to goals-based advice as part of the wider strategy to operate a higher-growth, less capital-intensive wealth business. Speaking at an investor strategy day in Sydney, Meller ...

Financial advice cannot be a quick-fix: Stackpool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Australians are still perplexed by financial advice and its increased accessibility and affordability through technology - and big data isn't helping. Certainty Advice Group believes making financial advice more affordable, accessible and convenient ...

Labor fights phoenix fraud

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... ideological agenda of delivering billions of dollars in tax cuts to multinational corporations and millionaires." Under Labor's new plan, all company directors will be required to obtain a unique Director Identification Number with a 100-point identification ...

GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Competition in superannuation is continuing to gather pace with the launch of GROW Super, the latest boutique direct product aimed at millennials. GROW Super is offered through LESF Super in association with Diversa Trustees. What makes this product ...

Property investment manager broadens regional presence

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
A global real estate investment management firm with $47.5 billion in assets under management is broadening its Australia and New Zealand presence with the appointment of a new managing director, client service and marketing for Australia and New Zealand. ...

Australians pass on life insurance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... result of a loved one passing away with insufficient or no life insurance cover. Of those who do take out a life insurance plan, Real Insurance found consumers who buy insurance directly rather than through financial advisers, have the highest levels ...

InvestmentLink launches goals-based advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Financial data feed provider InvestmentLink is launching a new cloud-based platform targeted at financial planners looking to provide outcomes-oriented advice to clients. CashDeck uses InvestmentLink's data repository to allow clients to manage all ...

Colonial First State upgrades managed accounts offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
New managed accounts capabilities will be rolled out across Colonial First State's FirstWrap and FirstChoice platforms ahead of managed accounts being made available on FirstChoice later this year. As part of a tailored solution for a range of licensees ...