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Zuper opens its doors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
Millennial super fund Zuper has officially launched to make a play at the $2.6 trillion superannuation industry. Aiming to "empower" millions of young disengaged Australians with their superannuation, Zuper was founded in early 2017 by chief product ...

Vanguard shutters Singapore office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... the future, Vanguard said. Vanguard Investments Singapore was established in 2003. The investment manager believes this course of action will increase efficiencies and enable it to better serve clients in the Asian market. "We will continue to invest ...

FASEA bumps adviser CPD to 50 hours

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... qualifications will be entitled to recognition of prior learning but will also be required to complete an approved postgraduate course. Existing advisers with NOOSR-approved degrees will need to apply to FASEA for an additional assessment of whether ...

AAT reduces former adviser's ban

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
A former financial planner who lied about his planning qualifications will be able to provide financial services again in 2022, after his original ban was reduced. Permanently banned from providing financial services by ASIC in 2016, former Hobart financial ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
US President Donald Trump has again upped the rhetoric against China (which of course, brought back trepidation over an escalation of the trade war) and most recently he went on attack against his own central bank - the US Federal Reserve. Apparently ...

AMP dumps Horizons program

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
AMP has scrapped its Horizons program, replacing it with a new, FASEA-compliant education and training course for financial advisers. Open to those with a degree approved by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, the new Adviser Pathways ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... input to consumer prices remained slight to moderate" and that "on balance, wage increases were modest to moderate". And of course, there's the appreciating US dollar that's preventing even higher inflation. However, the same "modest to moderate" ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... "core inflation was 2.0 percent for the 12 months ending in May, compared with 1.5 percent a year ago." What do we get? Of course, that familiar refrain, "With a strong job market, inflation close to our objective, and the risks to the outlook roughly ...

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... class...Many accountants who provide limited advice on SMSFs will find themselves required to do a one or three subject bridging course. Those who have been in the industry the longest may need to complete the full graduate diploma," he said. As for ...

APRA tells banks to prepare for financial storm clouds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... swiftly and appropriately, are all critical skills to successfully protect your customers and people, your operations, and of course, your reputation and brand."