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Government reduces deeming rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... just how, but also why their income from financial assets is assessed the way it is. Deeming rates were last reviewed in March 2015.

Linda Elkins to depart Colonial First State

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... opportunities," she said. CFS initially confirmed Elkins' departure yesterday. Her replacement is yet to be announced. In March, CFS appointed Peter Chun (then general manager distribution) and Kelly Power (then general manager product) as joint ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... previous month. More telling, the annual growth in retail spending slowed to 2.4% in May from 2.8% in April from 3.5% in March. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) also recently released its "Job Vacancies" report, telling us, Australians all ...

Group insured, advised clients better off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... life policies. Just the second publication to use the full data set from ASIC and APRA's initiative since its launch in March, the latest iteration covers the rolling 12-month period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. It found admittance rates ...

Statewide Super cans merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... with Tasplan and WA Super, saying it will now pursue other opportunities. As exclusively revealed by Financial Standard in March, the $9.8 billion superannuation fund had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tasplan and WA Super to explore a potential ...

Dealer group transitions to fee-based model

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... advice firms to a new "transparent pricing arrangement" effective July 1. The new service offering, which was launched in March 2019 and has since completed the transition phase, was part of a broader restructure when Angus Benbow was named chief executive ...

Self-licensing trend boosts ClearView offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... Macaplan, which is headed by Miguel Rodrigues and Paul Macfarlane, obtained its AFSL in mid-2016 and appointed LaVista in March this year. Macaplan was attracted to LaVista by the group's specialist compliance services and the flexibility to cherry-pick ...

Westpac appoints remediation lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... spokesperson said 161 people will commence new roles with Viridian Advisory on July 1. At the time of the initial announcement in March, about 175 staff were expected to transition to Viridian. According to Banking Day, many of the 300 roles expected ...

CFA hopefuls at record high

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... weekend, across 348 test centers in 95 markets. CFA Institute also released the pass rate for the Level II exam conducted in March 2019. It said 54% of those who sat the test passed. There are more than 164,000 CFA charterholders worldwide in 164 countries ...

Zurich Investments to swap small caps managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... details become available," Zurich said. Zurich Investments had about $2.4 billion in funds under management across 12 funds in March. It has since shut down funds managed by Denning Pryce. In an earlier interview, Zurich Australia's head of savings ...