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Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities hit record levels in Australia last year, led by non-bank lenders. And even though the residential mortgage-backed security pool is ripe for picking by fixed income and debt managers, challenges surround ...

Former NAB, AMP adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
A former NAB and AMP financial adviser is facing an ASIC ban after the regulator deemed him incompetent to provide advice. Graeme Ashley Cowper was recently served a ban from providing financial services for a period of four years after he was found ...

Dover exit renews self-licensing calls

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
The collapse of Dover Financial Advisers has left more than 400 advisers with a narrow 30-day window to sign on with a new licensee, renewing calls for a more straightforward self-licensing regime. It's unclear at this stage where those 400 advisers ...

MLC dealer group lead joins boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
The general manager of Garvan and MLC Financial Planning will lead a boutique financial advice business. Matthew Fogarty has been appointed chief executive of Fitzpatricks Private Wealth, joining from MLC where he was general manager of Garvan and MLC ...

Advice group strengthens leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
A boutique financial advice group appointed three senior leaders to further support its growing adviser network, including a newly-created head of adviser experience role. In announcing the hires, Fitzpatricks Group said the appointments will significantly ...

China A-shares to shake up EM funds

KARREN VERGARA AND DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
The recent inclusion of 226 China A-shares to several MSCI indexes is opening a floodgate of foreign capital to the Chinese equity market and at the very least disrupting the $2.6 trillion which tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Phased in over ...

GROW Super seeks RSE licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
In recent years new superannuation players have emerged, each with a view to transform the system for the next generation. Although six of the 17 new super products to enter the fray are still yet to officially launch, they have already shaken the industry's ...

Budget measures to drive up super costs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
The removal of exit fees and caps on passive fees charged by superannuation funds announced in this year's Budget may have unintended consequences. As per Treasurer Scott Morrison's speech, the Government will introduce a 3% annual cap on passive fees ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Water risk is becoming a threat to Australia's $56 billion agriculture industry, forcing producers to modify practices and compelling investors to find new means to de-risk portfolios. Institutional investors' growing interest in agribusiness is a boon ...

Royal Commission must cast net wider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
The next fortnight will see the Royal Commission grill some of Australia's biggest providers of financial advice, albeit with some noticeable absences. During the Commission's second round of hearings the big four banks and AMP will appear, as will ...