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O'Dwyer proposes TRIS changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
The Federal Government is pushing for reversionary transition to retirement income streams (TRIS) to be paid to an eligible dependent upon a death, regardless if a condition of release is met. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer ...

Advice dealer group recommits to OneVue

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
A growing independent financial advice group reappointed OneVue as its platform provider. Madison Financial Group recommitted to using its white-labelled WealthPortal for an additional five years. OneVue's platform technology underpins the WealthPortal ...

Gesundheit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
"When Wall Street sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold." The heightened volatility in the week of 5-9 February 2018 took down the S&P 500 index and the DJIA by 5.2% each. Spooky perhaps, but still a decent outcome especially when the 2018 to ...

BlackRock veteran joins Grant Samuel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
The former head of fixed income at BlackRock Australia is taking on a newly created role at Grant Samuel Funds Management. Stephen Miller joined GSFM this month as investment consultant, charged with accelerating its positioning of international boutique ...

Planners vital to closing super gap: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Latest research from Roy Morgan suggests there is greater potential for the superannuation gap to be closed if women were more inclined to engage a financial planner. According to a recent survey of more than 50,000 consumers, 8.3% of females purchase ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Is there something wrong with this picture or what? Wall Street remains on a seesaw ride and volatility - compared with the VIX index's performance over the past three years - is through the roof. Theoretically, ex-US investors needn't be losing sleep ...

Colonial First State awards $385m mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
Colonial First State has awarded a $385 million global real estate securities mandate to a global asset management firm. Deutsche Asset Management will oversee the strategy, headed up by the firm's global real estate securities team. The team is led ...

Super property trust appoints GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The Industry Superannuation Property Trust is welcoming a general manager of new business this week. Joining the $15 billion property investment trust is Karsten Simpson. Most recently he was general manager - structuring capital transactions, and the ...

Fund administrator welcomes operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
A former BNP Paribas Securities Services executive has taken on a lead operations role with a major fund administrator. Link Fund Solutions has confirmed the appointment of Justin Christopher as its head of operations. He was appointed in December 2017. ...

AAT issues stay on Poidevin appeal to ASIC ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has issued a stay on the banning order against a Bell Potter executive. On 29 November 2017, ASIC banned Bell Potter managing director of corporate broking, Simon Poidevin, for a period of five years. The regulator ...