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Sentry Group awards industry excellence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
A West Australian advice firm was named Practice of the Year in Sentry Group's 2016 Excellence Awards. Mount Hawthorn-based PMM Financial Advisors received the award at an event in Perth, with Sentry Group chief executive Murray Hills saying the non-aligned ...

ASIC releases RE compliance obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is urging responsible entities to maintain adequate risk management systems to avoid any adverse consequences for investors. ASIC's recently released regulatory guide - RG 259 Risk Management systems ...

Adviser cybercrime insurance launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
Adviser Ratings and a global insurance and risk management provider are launching an insurance policy aiming to protect advisers against cybercrime. Financial advisers registered on the Adviser Ratings platform will be eligible to take out cyber liability ...

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
It could have been triggered by anything imaginable under the sun, but the financial markets' correction - due to Trump's repeal/replace Obamacare failure - should be seen as that, one that "corrects" overvalued levels that have run ahead of fundamentals. ...

SMSF investors shift gears

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Self-managed superannuation fund trustees have high growth expectations for the next 12 months yet more than 50% have moved to more defensive asset allocations amid continuing market volatility, the latest statistics from AMP Capital show. AMP Capital's ...

Super trustees need better vigilance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
APRA's deputy chair Helen Rowell hit out at superannuation trustees who incur "inappropriate expenditures" saying that unnecessary costs negatively affect outcomes for members. Speaking to delegates at the 2017 Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) ...

Insight fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Insight Investment received a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec for one of its funds. In awarding the Insight Diversified Inflation Plus Fund with the rating, Lonsec acknowledged the strengths of Insight's investment process, its history of multi-asset ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
"I think this is something - it certainly was an interesting period of time. We all learned a lot. We learned a lot about loyalty. We learned a lot about the vote-getting process. We learned a lot about some very arcane rules in, obviously, both the ...

Former adviser cops ASIC reprimand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
A former Macquarie Equities Limited adviser agreed to not provide financial services for four years as part of an enforceable undertaking by ASIC. The regulator determined that Anthony Wilson had failed to comply with financial services laws between ...

Auscap added to Macquarie Wrap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Auscap Asset Management's flagship fund is now available on the Macquarie Wrap platform across both investment manager and super manager menus. The Auscap Long Short Australian Equity Fund targets absolute risk-adjusted returns, and invests in companies ...