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Industry fund reveals new mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... termination of AMP Capital as investment manager for its Balanced Socially Responsible option, as first reported by Financial Standard, legalsuper has outlined more changes to its investment manager lineup following a review of about 80% of the fund's ...

ASIC reinforces power to obtain documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... privilege. RI Advice sought to have a file review deemed inadmissible as evidence due to professional privilege, as Financial Standard previously reported the judge decided RI Advice had no good reasons for keeping the documents out of court. Separately ...

High performance funds significantly underperform: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... 2020, Rainmaker found levels of volatility to be very high relative to returns. Downside deviation (measured by semi-standard deviation), was also high due to the negative returns seen in February and March. Three year Sharpe ratios (annualized return ...

AMP does not treat advisers fairly: Poll

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... AMP's treatment of its aligned financial advisers in renegotiating Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) agreements. Financial Standard polled roughly 250 people in the financial services industry, asking them whether AMP has treated its aligned advisers fairly ...

ASIC slammed over SMSF data

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... the House of Economics Jason Falinski questioned if ASIC is holding themselves to the same standards as they set for financial institutions. "It's fair to say it was the way ASIC presented that data and I can't believe that if a financial institution ...

Christian Super appoints new chief investment officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... Macready was previously both chief investment officer of Brightlight and Christian Super. Last year he told Financial Standard that his role would have to be split in two eventually as Brightlight grew. Brightlight was established in 2017, with Macready ...

Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... indemnity insurance and of doing business here. AMP is currently facing two other class actions. Speaking to Financial Standard, The Advisers Association (TAA) chief executive Neil Macdonald said its AMPFP members are relieved the action has been filed. ...

Westpac found to be immature, reactive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... Hartzer, and chair, Lindsay Maxsted, resigning. The CGA reassessment concluded that important factors of Westpac's non-financial risk culture are "immature and reactive." "The reassessment confirmed that Westpac was overly complex which results in confusion ...

2020 MAX Award winners named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... outstanding efforts in financial services marketing, advertising and sales were recognised in the 2020 Financial Standard MAX Awards, presented via virtual ceremony last night. Big winners in the 15th annual awards include BlackRock, Legg Mason, Vanguard ...

First virtual MAX Awards go live tonight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
The first virtual Financial Standard MAX Awards will go live from 6pm tonight, celebrating the best and brightest in advertising, marketing and sales. Now in their 25th year, and first as a virtual event, the MAX Awards will be presented online hosted ...