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FPA award nominations open, new award announced

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... supported by the Future2 Foundation. All categories will be judged by a panel of experts, with award winners receiving consumer media opportunities and complimentary registration to next year's FPA Professionals Congress. De Gori urged advisers and students ...

Watchdog warns of celebrity-endorsed bitcoin scams

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... and Bitcoin Trader, ASIC said. "These websites are advertised using fake celebrity endorsements, which appear on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter," the watchdog said. "When an investor clicks on the article or ad ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
Down, down, prices are down... big time! The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's headline inflation dropped by 1.9% in the June quarter - the largest quarter on quarter decline in the 72-year history that the statistician ...

Good quarter but bad year for US instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Northern Trust's survey of its American not-for-profit institutional clients found strong performance in the June quarter but year-to-date returns are still negative at pension funds and the like. Public funds -- which have about 50% in equities -- ...

Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
A class action has been filed against AMP by its own advisers in relation to the institution's decision to slash Buyer of Last Resort valuations last year. Almost one year on from the news BOLR valuations would be cut from 4x recurring revenue to ...

NULIS calls for clearer regulatory definitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... account," it said. "This applies when an adviser service fee is added or changed on a member's account." In response to media reports that MLC Wealth subsidiary charged customer's more to access external managed funds NULIS defended the position. "There ...

Media Super names chief operating officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... Van der Heyde started her career in superannuation at UniSuper as an account executive. The appointment comes as Cbus and Media Super signed a memorandum of understanding and commenced due diligence late last month. The two industry funds are aiming ...

State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... which in turn, encouraged investors to buy more. "In June 2000 the S&P 500 Index top 10 had a greater representation from media and the internet and by 2010 only Telstra was still in the top 10 and had been de-rated from a PE multiple of 23 to only 10," ...

Bezos adds billions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos added US$13 billion to his net worth in a single day marking the largest single day jump for an individual, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The spike in wealth was due to a near 8% spike in Amazon shares, due ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... continue what it has always done, McKinnon said; producing quality, independent journalism, but at a smaller scale. "The media landscape is changing dramatically and AAP needs to transform with that landscape," he told Financial Standard. "Free from ...