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UK regulator increases support for new starters

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
As part of its crusade to increase competition in the UK's asset management sector, the Financial Conduct Authority will establish a hub to assist new entrants to the industry. Speaking at an investment conference in Europe, FCA executive director of ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
Love him or loathe him, Donald Trump remains the stuff of headlines going into and since he won the 8 November 2016 US presidential election. Reports abound about Trump versus Kim, Trump versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and ...

Industry body questions AFCA funding model

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
Funding of the newly established Australian Financial Complaints Authority must be fairly distributed across the financial services industry to reflect the accountability of each sector. In its submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics ...

Head of distribution exits listed platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
The marketing and distribution lead at a major listed wealth management platform will depart after tendering his resignation. HUB24's Wes Gillett will leave the position he's held since May 2013, with West Australian regional manager Greg Newman taking ...

Regulatory costs unsustainable: FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
The Financial Planning Association of Australia believes increased red tape across the advice industry will not only reduce competition but see consumers bear the brunt of additional compliance costs. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's ...

IOOF subsidiary partners with venerable global non-profit

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
An IOOF subsidiary entered into a historic partnership with one of the world's leading global private foundations, which has been in operation for more than a century. Australian Executor Trustees (AET), part of the IOOF group, will collaborate with ...

LUCRF Super appoints new asset consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
LUCRF Super is changing its asset consultant, ending a 12-year association with the current provider. The $5.6 billion superannuation fund has appointed Frontier Advisors, replacing Willis Towers Watson which has worked with LUCRF Super since 2005. ...

Trusted advice solves investor confusion: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
What Australian investors say and what they do appear to be two different things when it comes to investment strategy, according to latest research. In a survey of individual investors from around the world, Natixis Global Asset Management found Australian ...

SPIVA again scores active versus passive debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The widely-used SPIVA scorecard, prepared semi-annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices, once again suggests the majority of Australian active managers underperformed their respective benchmarks over the 12 months to 30 June 2017. Describing itself as the ...

WA super funds combine forces

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Two Perth-based superannuation funds are set to become one, announcing an intention to merge. WA Super and Concept One will join forces to create Western Australia's only not-for-profit, public offer superannuation fund. It will manage more than $3.2 ...