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Frydenberg splashes $50m to pursue financial services crime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
The Federal Government is spending an additional $50 million to increase efforts in prosecuting financial misconduct. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said an additional $51.5 million would be provided to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
"There was a higher rate of wage growth recorded across the majority of industries in comparison to this time last year, reflecting the influence of improved labour market conditions. Annual wage growth at the Australia level was 2.3%, the highest growth ...

FPA fines Henderson $50k

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... sought Henderson's advice after discovering he won the 2016 Association of Financial Advisers' Practice of the Year award. McKenna said Henderson persistently pushed for moving her superannuation into a self-managed superannuation fund he would ...

Guy Stern retires from ASI

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... are delighted that Aymeric is joining us, demonstrating our ability to attract high calibre, talented individuals to our award-winning and highly rated multi-asset investing team." ASI's multi-asset investing team manages total assets of £140 billion ...

ANZ launches underwriting engine to market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
ANZ's life insurance arm has released its predictive underwriting technology following a successful soft launch. The big data-powered underwriting engine will allow customers applying for OneCare insurance to complete personal statements 30% faster. ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
The Future Fund has increased its stake in alternative assets and appointed two new fund managers in a bid to combat the tailwinds coming from the global equities market. Australia's sovereign wealth fund increased its allocation in private equity ...

One-stop complaints shop opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... (CIO)." It will be able to hear consumer complaints where the value of the dispute is less than $1 million and will be able to award compensation of up to $500,000. This will be almost double the exiting limits of FOS and CIO, Frydenberg added. A small ...

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A Melbourne boutique has won a $500 million mandate from AustralianSuper, the super fund confirmed. Jamieson Coote Bonds was appointed to manage a fixed income mandate for the super fund at the end of June, Rainmaker research shows. JCB's mandate ...

Advice group continues education standards preparation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A financial advice dealer group has awarded its latest education scholarships aimed to help its advisers navigate upcoming education standards for the industry. Elders Financial Planning awarded a 16 education scholarships at their national conference ...

Advice dealer group takes out governance award

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... the Governance, Risk and Compliance Institute's annual awards. Elders Financial Planning took home the Team of the Year Award at a function hosted in Sydney. Elders Financial Planning general manager Tony Beaven said the group is pleased with the win. ...