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New life insurance standards for super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Superannuation trustees and life insurers will be bound by new life insurance standards emerging from an industry leadership group aiming to benchmark best practice. The Superannuation Industry Working Group is a new collaboration between the Australian ...

Boutique adviser names key hires

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... experienced planner, with over 15 years in our industry. Our team has grown to the point where we needed more senior expertise to round out our service offering," Profile chief executive Sarah Abood said.

Round of redundancies in IOOF product distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
IOOF has made a number of its product distribution team redundant following a restructure. Speaking to Financial Standard, IOOF general manager, distribution Mark Oliver confirmed that the restructure announced yesterday will see key members from the ...

Self-auditing SMSF auditor caught in ASIC breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Advisers should be careful when engaging a SMSF auditor following another disqualification by ASIC yesterday. Pierre Jarjoura of New South Wales has been disqualified after the regulator found he had breached independence and audit requirements, determining ...

NSW Medical Devices Fund grants $8.6m

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... devices for export and to streamline the clinical assessment required for use in the NSW health system. Since the first round in 2013, the MDF has helped multiple companies establish successful products, including Saluda Medical, which received $5 million ...

AFA award shines spotlight on women in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Peita Diamantidis of Caboodle Financial Services has received this year's AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award for championing the benefits of financial advice for women in the profession and in the broader community. Diamantidis accepted her award ...

ETF managers now among Australia's fastest growing

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Despite the rise and rise of ETF investing, the sector still accounts for just 6% of the indexing market even though some ETF managers are now among Australia's fastest growing investment houses. According to Rainmaker's June 2016 Roundup industry report ...

Top boutique in first push for new investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
One of the top performing fund managers in Australia, Ophir Asset Management, is looking to partner with family offices and independent financial advisers in a bid to attract long-term high net worth investors. From inception in August 2012 to the end ...

Dark pools effective at reducing volatility spikes: Liquidnet

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Liquidnet research has shown that volatility of securities is reduced by over 103% in the minute before a block trade when using the firm's anonymous dark pool. The Liquidnet Block Study examined roughly 32,000 block trades - that is, trades executed ...

Value stocks at inflection point: Perennial

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Perennial Value Management sees Australian equities at an inflection point in terms of favouring value with a host of small to medium-cap companies showing a strong earnings and dividend growth outlook. Perennial managing director John Murray told a ...