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Advice dealer group seeks ASX listing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... development," the group said. Further, AD Financial Services will also consider investing directly in advice businesses. Funds raised from the IPO will enable company growth and provide liquidity assurance for investors, as well as providing the capital ...

Profit downgrade hurts Challenger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... "increased market volatility." Compared to actual interim 2017 results, Challenger's bottom line was $198.5 million. Its funds management division, which earned $2 million in performance fees, are $4 million lower than the prior corresponding period. ...

Quirky SMSF investments unveiled

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
A new report from SuperConcepts unveils some of the most unusual investments held in self-managed superannuation funds, which include ATMs, livestock and frozen horse semen. The SMSF administration and software provider's Investment Patterns Report ...

Will the PC recommendations fall through the cracks?

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... that many of the recommendations are generally sensible and consistent with, for example, APRA's preference for super funds to reach a critical size in order to pass the benefits of scale onto members. "Reducing the risk that members have multiple ...

Copia hires from Zenith

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... financial planners as we embark on our next phase of growth," Cole said. Copia Investment Partners has about $1.6 billion in funds under management raised from both institutional and retail clients across its four boutiques. All four boutiques work with ...

Alternatives an antidote to volatility: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... core private credit designed to provide stable income with lower volatility; Core complements, with assets such as hedge funds adding diversification through differentiated returns; and Return enhancers, with assets such as distressed credit and private ...

Industry funds dominate member satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
Only two retail super funds made the top 10 in a Roy Morgan list that measured how satisfied members felt with their fund's financial performance. The two retail funds to make the list were Asgard and Macquarie and they were below the average satisfaction ...

Managed accounts not immune to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... could happen in the for-profit sector it would mean offering limited personal advice, so that public offer superannuation funds, managed investment schemes and advisers associated with them would be able to provide general advice on their own products ...

Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... equity mandates also saw significant growth, rising 45%. Infrastructure (up 23%), international property (up 21%) and hedge funds (up 19%) rounded out the top five. Allocations to alternatives also grew to now account for close to half of all new mandate ...

NSW adviser banned for 25 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
The Federal Court has handed down a 25-year ban to a New South Wales financial adviser and wound up two companies related to him following an ASIC investigation. Starting in 2008, Graeme Walter Miller advised SMSFs and other clients of CFS Private Wealth ...