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Foresight launches new wholesale fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... Foresight head of Australia Kim Nguyen said: "The Foresight Renewable Energy Income Fund is innovative in a global sense. We hope it helps put Australia on the map as an innovator in the fast-growing green debt capital markets." "Historically, the big ...

AFA Foundation headed for milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... year, Kewin and a group of AFA members trekked the Kokoda trail to raise money for one of the foundation's partners, Bears of Hope. Applications open for the next round of charity grants in February 2020.

The highest honour: 2018 AOTY reflects on win

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
The outgoing Adviser of the Year, Hugh Robertson, has revealed how much receiving the honour has meant to him. Awarded the title of Adviser of the Year for 2018 at last year's Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference, Robertson described ...

Nominees await top AFA honours

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... they can be adequately resourced for retirement and obtaining insurance," Kewin said. "With more women in the industry, we hope this will be a natural progression." See the full list of award finalists below: 2019 AFA/Zurich Adviser of the Year Simone ...

No extension to FASEA deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Assistant Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Financial Technology Jane Hume has failed to announce an expected extension to the FASEA deadline but has assured the industry the government is not looking to force experienced financial ...

New super fund tests waters

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
A new superannuation fund hoping to bridge the retirement savings gap will launch with the hope of disrupting the system that has disadvantaged women. Super Life is founded by chief executive Pascale Helyar-Moray, who formerly led Human Super. According ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... old government bonds." Given present uncertainties (with a capital S), central banks appear to be pushing on a string. The hope is, given record low interest rates, fiscal policy would be employed before the Great Recession of 2008 turns into the 'Greater ...

Praemium FUA skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
Praemium saw funds under administration hit $16.1 billion over the last financial year, thanks largely to its off-platform managed accounts service. The ASX-listed platform's FUA shot up 108% in FY19 as a result of launching the Virtual Managed ...

Ex-ANZ adviser goes solo

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
A former senior ANZ financial adviser has started her own practice, choosing RI Advice as licensee. Alysia Laird told Financial Standard she started Zebra after 16 years with ANZ, when things started to shift for financial advisers at the big bank. ...

Super trustees to formulate whistleblower policies

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
The corporate regulator is expecting superannuation trustees to have whistleblower policies in place 1 January 2020. ASIC is broadening the whistleblower regime introduced on 1 July 2019 in an effort to reform to the corporate sector. It is proposing ...