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Past Morgan Stanley adviser hit with permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... a client in return for reduced brokerage while at another firm. Given that Panayiotides' conduct was not of an isolated nature nor inadvertent and occurred over a substantial period of time in which clients incurred significant financial loss, ASIC decided ...

Synchron vows to end yearly renewables

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... "fixation" on the yearly renewable life insurance premium structure despite the fact that "this kind of insurance is by its very nature designed not to be in force when a claim is most likely to happen." The Synchron/AIA product will allow advisers to ...

More firepower in Challenger play

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... February's flood of half-year reports from listed retail investment managers conveys a critical narrative about the changing nature of wealth product manufacturers and their respective distribution strategies. As investment manager profits remain under ...

Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... APRA wants to be explicit about, is that this is no longer the case." "Some climate risks are distinctly 'financial' in nature. Many of these risks are foreseeable, material and actionable now. Climate risks also have potential system-wide implications ...

AMP super trust adds $450m corporate fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... amid market and regulatory uncertainty." Reduced corporate super performance was specifically attributed to the "lumpy nature of mandates."

FPA expels and fines dishonest member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... professionally or ethically, acted with a lack of honesty, and engaged in acts of a misleading, deceptive, dishonest and fraudulent nature. In his submissions, Tindall argued that a lesser fine should be applied as he gained no financial benefit by his ...

Pacific Current Group calls EGM for restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... has a portfolio of 17 investment boutiques in the US, UK, Singapore, India and Australia. The boutiques are specialist in nature and manage assets for institutional and individual clients globally.

New white labels highlight OneVue growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... Watershed Funds Management. They helped us navigate the market to select a contemporary platform that would support the complex nature of our investment solutions in a simplistic manner for our advisers and direct clients. We found this partner in OneVue," ...

Financial advisers losing communication battle

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... robo-advice systems have to offer, and incorporate these benefits into their own practice. Kapoor also identified the changing nature of the regulatory environments as one of the big trends to watch globally. Kapoor first joined Morningstar in 1997 as ...

The era of the retirement consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... reforms and the introduction of Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs). He believes this shift makes the nature of advice provided must now be more complex, as the purpose of super being to provide income throughout retirement becomes clearer. ...