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Regulators quash remuneration rumours

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
The Code of Ethics does not seek to ban particular forms of remuneration nor does it say that any forms of remuneration are specifically a conflict, FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield told the FPA Congress. Appearing as part of a regulatory update ...

FASEA exam tips from those who passed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
A group of financial planners who recently passed the FASEA exam have offered their tips for success to delegates at the 2019 FPA Congress during a chat with the authority's chief executive, Stephen Glenfield. Glenfield sat with Tupicoffs' Delma Newton ...

Tech-powered is empowered: SOAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
With no legal or regulatory barriers to using technology to deliver advice, the Financial Planning Association of Australia is confident the future of your practice is paper-free and prosperous. Earlier this year, the FPA established The Future of the ...

Industry's Best of the Best celebrated

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
Leading wealth management organisations have been celebrated in Money magazine's Best of the Best Awards for 2020. Australia's longest-running and most-read personal finance magazine handed out more than 100 awards to leaders in the financial ...

FICAP announces 2020 charity partner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program has announced its 2020 charity partner. FICAP hosted its annual Sponsor and Charity Launch event last week, announcing SHINE for Kids as its newest charity partner from 2020. Incoming FICAP chairman Marnie ...

State Street adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
State Street hired a new head of sector solutions for Australia and Southeast Asia, as the firm looks to expand in the region. Cara Brosnan has been appointed into the newly-created role, which will see her lead sales across all of State Street's products ...

Chief economist update: Weaker yen strengthening Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
Apart from underwriting improved growth in the Japanese economy, the yen's depreciation should help in the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) efforts to bring inflation up to its 2% target. Look ma, no hands! "Merkurisumasu, soshite, akemashite omedet?!" ...

Industry fund awards $100m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
A global manager distributed in Australia by Credit Suisse has won a $100 million allocation from an industry fund as it initiates a position in distressed debt. The $10 billion Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund has made an inaugural ...

Global manager hires IFM associate director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
The Melbourne office of a global equities manager has hired an IFM Investors associate director for its institutional business down under. Stuart Place is joining Orbis Investment Management after nearly eight years at IFM. He will take on the role ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Fund managers of active fixed income strategies are rethinking their pricing as financial advisers and institutional investors drive a harder bargain in a lower-returning world, and new retail opportunities beckon. Several fixed interest giants, including ...