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Country head appointed at Fulcrum Asset Management

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
UK-based Fulcrum Asset Management and its local distribution partner Ironbark Asset Management have appointed Angus Carson to the role of product specialist and country head, Fulcrum Australia. Carson, who is currently based in London, previously worked ...

Don't miss out on deep value US stocks: GMO

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
Otherwise known as the 'cheapest quintile', deep value stocks are the most attractive and underrepresented group within US equities today, according to GMO's asset allocation team. While value outperformed growth by a wide margin last year ...

Females, millennials lead the way in SMSFs: Class

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
According to Class's 2022 Annual Benchmark Report, female SMSF balances are rising faster than males and most new SMSFs are being established by millennials. Over the past three years, millennials have become the largest cohort of all the age groups ...

Retirement Income Covenant a win for advisers - but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
The long-awaited Retirement Income Covenant comes into effect tomorrow and, with super funds unable to consider members' personal circumstances, there's a view that its introduction could significantly impact the financial advice sector - but ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
Appearing at the 2022 ASFA Conference this morning, ABC News journalist Stan Grant has echoed the sentiment that China has arrived as a global superpower and probed Australia's tense but necessitous relationship with its largest trading partner. ...

Adviser population drops below 19,000

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
The financial advice industry lost more than 2200 advisers this year, marking an 11% year-on-year drop to 18,822. Rainmaker modelling of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register reveals that only 18,822 advisers are left as of yesterday, December 16. At ...

Regal Funds Management takes stake in Attunga Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
Regal Funds Management (Regal) has today announced the acquisition of a 51% equity stake in leading power and environmental commodity asset manager Attunga Capital. Founded in 2005, Attunga Capital is the trustee and manager of the Attunga Power and ...

CFS adds to managed account offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
Colonial First State has partnered with three research consultants to launch a low-cost managed account range. The partnership with Lonsec, Morningstar and Zenith launched today with 23 managed accounts the FirstChoice Personal Super and Pension platform ...

Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
The federal government has announced the ASIC levy paid by financial advisers will revert back to 2018/19 levels for the next two years, saving the sector at least $46 million. The levy will be restored to $1142 per adviser, as was charged in 2018/19 ...

The secret to looking good in the media: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... described as being "out to get" some brands in interest of their cause. "Sometimes those activists are acting in their own echo chamber. They are really just talking to themselves," Brown cautioned. Brown offered one example of a brand she worked with ...