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Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Superannuation experts are concerned the retirement income review may be getting out of hand, evidenced by numerous stakeholder submissions straying from the consultation guidelines by proposing a complete transformation of the super system. At the ...

Challenger recruits Generation Life co-chiefs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Generation Life's co-chiefs have landed a joint general manager role at Challenger, a month after resigning from their old jobs. Lucy Foster and Catherine van der Veen have been hired as Challenger's general manager for advice transformation ...

How to ensure clients will pay higher fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
As the cost of financial advice continues to rise, financial advisers are going to have to make some hard calls when it comes to who they can feasibly continue servicing. Association of Financial Advisers' general manager of policy and professionalism ...

Hollywood actor charged by SEC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
The US Securities and Exchange Commission charged a prominent actor for failing to disclose payments he received for promoting an investment in a bitcoin offering. The SEC found Steven Seagal had not disclosed that he was promised $380,000 (US$250,000) ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Latest insights from Morningstar show Australia's ETF market grew 52% in 2019, reaching highs of $61 billion in assets. It's a far cry from two decades ago; the industry was worth $3 billion in 2010, and there were only 27 ETF products available ...

Chief economist update: A sensationalised version of the flu?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality." - Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody Yes Virginia, you'll be exclaiming "mama mia, mama mia" too when you see the red inks splattered by equity markets everywhere. ...

Court punishes OTC derivative issuers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Three over-the-counter derivatives providers have been found guilty of contravening their AFSL licences by using account managers to pressure retail investors into purchasing products which lost investors more than $30 million. The Federal Court has ...

Challenger boutique winds up fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
Aussie small caps manager Kinetic Investment Partners is terminating its last-standing retail fund as assets dwindle, but will continue to manage institutional money. Last Friday, investors in the Kinetic Emerging Companies Fund were notified of the ...

Evans Dixon slashes staff

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
Embattled wealth manager Evans Dixon has revealed it fired 20% of its staff, as it reports its underlying earnings were down 22% for the half-year to $20.8 million. The firm cut 14% of its staff in its wealth advice business, 5% of its E&P business ...

ASIC turns up the heat on enforcement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
One year on from a Royal Commission lambasting, ASIC is continuing to increase its efforts to chasten large institutions for misconduct, latest enforcement activity numbers show. In its latest six monthly report into its enforcement and regulatory work ...