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How much a self-licensee spends on compliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
A Melbourne-based self-licensed financial planner has shared how much her practice spends on compliance for every $100 of its revenue. Speaking at the FPA Congress, Angela Martyn of Personal Financial Services said $4.50 for every $100 of revenue is ...

New social network for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... each year, including the National Roadshow and annual FPA Professionals Congress." The Congress, currently underway in Melbourne, was chosen as the place to launch FPA Community. The secure online tool will be available to the full FPA membership from ...

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 ...

Perpetual expands risk advisory capabilities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Perpetual picked up a Melbourne-based specialist risk advisory business. Perpetual has acquired Priority Life, a specialist risk advisory business with a strong focus on medical practitioners, professionals and business owners, to strengthen its risk ...

Countdown to FPA Congress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
Heading along to the 2019 FPA Congress in Melbourne this week? Still unsure of what you're looking to get out of it? Congress chair Michelle Tate-Lovery is here to help. This year's Congress, taking place at the Melbourne Convention Centre from tomorrow ...

IFM to spend $25bn on Aussie infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... industry-fund-owned fund manager will invest in existing assets including electricity distributor Ausgrid, international airports (Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Darwin) and seaports (Brisbane, Botany, Kembla). "The new investment aligns with a recent ...

Financial planning pioneer to speak at FPA Congress

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... about a return on investment, to a return on life," he said in an interview ahead of his arrival for the FPA Congress in Melbourne next week. A lot has changed since Anthony's visit to Australia last year: the government has passed a ban on grandfathered ...

Super Fund of the Year named

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... Australia's biggest super fund has been crowned fund of the year at this year's Rainmaker SelectingSuper awards in Melbourne this morning. The $167 billion AustralianSuper took home the coveted title. Rainmaker executive director of research ...

Flaws in Grattan SG research: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... is not a fix to Australia's languishing wage growth. Grattan made "arguments by echo chamber" Earlier this year, Melbourne-based Grattan Institute garnered attention when it argued that an SG increase would leave Australians worse off. Stanford's ...

Vanguard appoints head of superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... to its Australian executive team, including a lead for its new superannuation offering. Michael Lovett will return to Melbourne from Vanguard's US head office to lead Vanguard Australia's planned superannuation offer in January 2020. Lovett will leave ...