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Vale Terry Mackenroth

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
Terry Mackenroth, QSuper trustee and former deputy premier and treasurer of Queensland, has passed away. Mackenroth joined QSuper in 2016 after a long-serving parliamentary career that spanned nearly 28 years. Mackenroth was responsible for setting ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
In a workweek cut short by a public holiday, the Royal Commission heard evidence which included an AMP adviser identified only as Mr E, whose clients haven't even been informed of his misconduct yet. It also included a high-profile adviser who "most ...

High profile adviser under fire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
The Royal Commission heard how Fair Work commissioner Donna McKenna received inappropriate financial advice from Sam Henderson, chief executive and senior financial adviser at Henderson Maxwell. McKenna sought financial advice from Henderson in late- ...

HUB24 expands distribution team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
HUB24 has created two distribution roles, appointing two former Colonial First State executives. Joining HUB24's distribution team is Shane Muscat, formerly CFS head of institutional sales. Muscat takes on the newly-created role of HUB24's head of strategic ...

ASIC totally unprepared for advice reforms: Tynan

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan believes if the Royal Commission has made anything clear, it's that ASIC is in the dark about how to police financial advice misconduct. Speaking to Financial Standard, Tynan said the key ...

AMP platform fees laid bare

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
The Royal Commission brought to light several gaping holes in AMP's fee charging mechanisms across its platforms, as well as its inaction to comply with the legislative changes concerning opt-in financial advice fees. AMP head of platform development ...

ASIC hits former NAB adviser with permanent ban

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
ASIC permanently banned an adviser who worked for a NAB-aligned licensee for about a decade. Grant Taylor was the principal of TFG Advice Solutions, an authorised representative of NAB-owned GWM Adviser Services, from 2003 to 2013. During that time ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
Had it not been for Trump's attack threat on Syria (now retreat) the other day, financial markets would have been dissecting the minutes of the Fed's 20-21 March FOMC meeting. There really was nothing significant except for a sentence alluding to a ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." This dictum is attributed to a list of known knowns such as Sun Tzu ("The Art of War"), Machiavelli (known as the father of modern political science) or "Michael Corleone" (of the Godfather film trilogy) ...

Active managers must explain value better: Formica

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
The co-chief executive at a $484 billion (US$370bn) global asset manager believes the industry can take lessons from Shrek and vacuum manufacturers to improve storytelling and customer service. Speaking at a media lunch in Sydney last week, Janus Henderson ...