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J.P. Morgan winds up global equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... Michael Schoenhaut, Talib Sheikh and Eric Bernbaum. J.P. Morgan said it contacted the fund's RE, Perpetual Trust Services, in light of the former regularly reviewing its products "to ensure they are meeting the demands of the marketplace and have the ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
More than 240 Financial Standard readers have responded to our annual readership survey. This is your chance to have a say. We're aiming to improve our content and how we deliver industry news based on your valued insights. The survey is open until ...

Fee-for-service faces ultimate risk test

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
Rollout of the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) on 1 January 2018 will be the strongest test of fee-for-service risk advice, a model seen as imperative to the financial advice industry's future. Industry experts say the critical component to make fee-for-service ...

Good news or bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... easing to higher base effects from the previous year but prices at the factory gates are expected to continue moderating in light of the government's efforts against pollution and overcapacity, slowing production and by extension, demand for raw materials. ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... is for continued gradual and gentle interest rate hikes towards normalisation. There's no argument with regards this in light of the economy's strengthening momentum - one, that'll even become stronger once the tax cuts become law. However, we could ...

ASIC widens conflicted adviser remuneration rules

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
ASIC has added additional conditions to its definitions of conflicted remuneration in financial advice both in light of recent reforms and to address specific concerns. Issued ahead of the life insurance framework deadline on January 1, Regulatory Guide ...

Banks feeling heat as MiFID II looms: Liquidnet

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... that control everything, and as we've seen all over the world, there's always going to be shenanigans if you don't shine a light on it," he said. He said MiFID II will ensure the buy-side is paying for top-quality products: "We think we're providing ...

Industry associations merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... development programs," Scheerlinck said. AIST will be holding its first chief executive forum on December 7 in Melbourne. In light of the banking Royal Commission announced yesterday, AIST said broadening the scope to include superannuation was an "unnecessary ...

Linear buy sees Managed Accounts expand board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
Managed Accounts Holdings welcomed two new directors to its board in light of its recent acquisition of Linear. Linear co-founder Colin Peterson has joined the board, adding more than 30 years' experience including in financial planning and funds management ...

QIC receives $200m green loan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
QIC's Global Real Estate shopping centre fund is set to benefit from a multi-million dollar boost to undertake improvements in energy performance across the portfolio. Specialist clean energy financier the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will invest ...