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New initiatives ready advisers for the future

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... advisers wanting to provide specialist advice on retirement living and aged care. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney yesterday, Aged Care Gurus principal Rachel Lane said when people think of aged care, their mind immediately goes to residential ...

Corporate and industry super funds unite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... members by helping them look after their financial health now and into the future," Edwards added. The merger took place yesterday.

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... take nine years to remedy. He also flagged more issues in relation to corporate super clients. Fronting the commission yesterday, Wilkins said in February 2018 AMP's review and remediation committee endorsed a baseline approach to mediation for both ...

Should banks fund customer litigation?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... the board are doing their hob, why should you need someone to sue NAB so you can sort these things out?" Orr asked. Yesterday, NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn said wealth management had become an unnecessary failure for Australia's big banks, while ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The ups and downs in US equities over the past weeks reminds me of the book, "A Random Walk on Wall Street", authored by Princeton University economics professor Burton Malkiel back in 1973, which posited that: "...short run changes in stock prices ...

Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... late. "We now, as of today, have a process that we will first look at a matter and say, 'why not litigate?'" Yesterday, the Commission found ASIC does not formally record its meetings with the board and executives of financial services firms. ...

Misconduct matters, but stability key for Frydenberg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... bonuses based on short term performance, referred to in Monday's hearing as "short term variable remuneration." Yesterday, Westpac chief Brian Hartzer told counsel assisting Michael Hodge his bank wouldn't walk away from its financial advice ...

FPA honours top advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia kicked off its annual conference in Sydney yesterday afternoon by honouring outstanding professionals in the industry. Perth-based Michael Carmody of Viva Wealth took out the coveted FPA Certified Financial ...

New terms for early super access receives mixed reaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... large gap between the balances of men and women, she said. Minister for Women Kelly O'Dwyer announced the changes yesterday in an effort to narrow the gender pay gap, particularly in super where there's a 42% difference in balances between men ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... an actively-managed fixed income fund as an exchange-traded fund in Australia. Ringing the bell at the ASX in Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the Betashares Legg Mason Australian Bond Fund. The ETF ...