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Last chance: Financial Standard ETF Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
The Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Exchange Traded Funds is a fortnight away and there's limited space left for financial advisers and other industry professionals. Following a successful inaugural event in Sydney last year, the 2017 Best ...

Tech providers fall behind increased planner needs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
More than 70% of financial planners are open to transition from their primary platform, saying technology providers are failing to adequately fulfill growing needs. Insights from the Investment Trends Planner Technology Report show 75% of financial ...

Platform provider grows SMA menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
A platform provider has added two new managers to its separately managed accounts menu, offering advisers and their clients access to a greater range of retail managed accounts. The Netwealth menu now includes SMA portfolios from Elston Asset Management ...

Default funds must appear on online super choice forms: AIST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is reservedly welcoming a move by the Australian Taxation Office to place superannuation choice forms online. According to AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck, the ATO project, which will allow employers ...

Association seeking first chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
A peak industry body is on the hunt for its inaugural chief executive. The Australian Custodial Services Association has launched a search for a part-time chief executive to guide the development of Australia's custodial and investment management sector. ...

Human Super appoints inaugural chief executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
A former head of investment trusts marketing at J.P. Morgan Asset Management has been appointed the inaugural chief executive of Human Super. Pascale Helyar-Moray will take leadership of the newly launched product effective immediately and hopes to ...

RG 133 review reveals poor compliance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
Custodians and responsible entities of managed investment schemes with asset holding requirements are falling short of ASIC expectations, showing generally poor levels of understanding and compliance with Regulatory Guide 133. These findings form part ...

Broaden levy to foreign banks: Big four

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
Large foreign banks should also be subjected to the proposed $6.2 billion bank levy, Australia's four major banks told the Senate Standing Committee on Economics reviewing the levy Bill last week. Many multinational banks, while active in the institutional ...

Not too late to maximise super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
With legislative changes only a few weeks away, advisers should be on top of boosting clients' super balances, according to a superannuation expert. Perpetual Private head of strategic advice Colin Lewis told Financial Standard one of the most critical ...

Macquarie pays the price for poor advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Macquarie Equities has shelled out almost $25 million in compensation in the past three years as part of its enforceable undertaking with ASIC. The corporate regulator published an update yesterday as to the remediation program's status, saying it is ...