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FASEA exam is not fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The compulsory financial adviser and curriculum examination has been branded as unfair, according to Financial Standard's latest online survey. An overwhelming number of financial advisers (68%) said the long-awaited exam the Financial Adviser Standards ...

SuperConcepts chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
SuperConcepts chief executive Natasha Fenech announced she will step down in May 2019 after five years in the role. Fenech said she will take on another opportunity at a financial services firm as chief executive outside of the SMSF sector, but didn't ...

Former planner charged with dishonesty

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
ASIC has charged a former financial planner with 13 dishonesty offences, for allegedly transferring SMSF funds to his own businesses. Bradley Grimm - who previously ran the now wound-up Ostrava Equities - allegedly transferred funds from the SMSFs of ...

SMSF investment platform begins, announces senior hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
The outgoing chief executive at the Australian arm of an $800 billion global asset manager is joining the board of a newly-launched SMSF investment platform in 2019. Joining OpenInvest as a non-executive director in the New Year is current Schroders ...

Advice group rebuilds following regulatory headwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
A financial advice group specialising in self-managed superannuation funds and residential property investment acknowledged it's hurt from recent regulatory burdens. However, there are opportunities afoot for the ASX-listed business, including an entry ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Grattan Institute has called Labor's plan to end refunds of excess franking credits a "fair way" to improve the Federal Budget but it is still "second-best" as there are better solutions. Grattan's budget policy director Danielle Wood and fellow ...

FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
The initial response to FASEA's education and ethical standards blueprint suggests the document needs more tweaks. However, it's clear the authority is listening to its advice industry constituents. The Association of Financial Advisers, the Financial ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
A Legg Mason affiliate has become the first to offer 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 ...

Knowledge, action gap puts SMSF savings at risk: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
About 50% of all SMSFs have more than half of their portfolio invested in one asset class, despite more than 80% recognising the importance of diversification. New research from the SMSF Association and Investment Trends shows 47% of SMSFs allocated ...

ETFs: Buy strategy not structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
The managing director at a Sydney-based global equities manager accepts the seismic and long-term shift of investor money to exchange-traded funds, but said one core element is often forgotten in this development. Antipodes Partners managing director ...