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AFA rebukes ideological drive against conflicted remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... events? To me that just seems to be taking it to an obsession. "Removing every possible conflict seems unnecessary. And it's not going to be in the best interests of your clients if you have reduced access to top training and education." Speaking about ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The widely-anticipated market moving event this week - US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's semi-annual testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the US Senate - turned out to be a bummer. We've seen this ...

KPMG expands advice remediation team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... case files and assessing the appropriateness of financial advice provided. The case assessor would then determine whether or not customers should be remediated, and may be required to contact advisers and customers to fully understand the advice provided. ...

Royal Commission boosts platform provider

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... $45 million as an "excellent outcome" for shareholders. "What is also particularly pleasing is that the sales process has not distracted management from delivering on important operational and sales milestones across the business, confirmed by the strong ...

Stamford Capital expands into Victoria

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... until a year later that the first conclusive numbers around it started to come out," he said. "What this means is that we have not been doing 15%-type high-yield credit deals but more like 9%-type deals with lower risk. "We had a round table with some ...

Equity Trustees acquires superannuation trustee

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Equity Trustees announced it will acquire a superannuation trustee for $6.2 million. Equity Trustees' parent company EQT Holdings has signed an agreement to purchase Zurich Australian Superannuation (ZAS), a subsidiary of Zurich Australia. ZAS has ...

Industry fund welcomes new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... the team as they implement LUCRF Super's strategy to grow into one of Australia's most prominent industry funds. We not only want to be the preferred super choice for Australian workers, but the trusted choice for their employers as well," Di ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... financial markets' reaction validates Trump's victory on the trade war with China. Trump 1, China 0. Then again, maybe not. For if Trump's just-announced ceasefire turns into a longer-lasting trade truce/deal, then Beijing also stands to ...

Rich families stingier with charities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... greatest potential for increasing the overall level of donations is to focus more on higher income households, as they are not only more likely to have the means to give but donors from these households are currently giving a lower than average proportion ...

Labor responds to Royal Commission final report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... mortgage broker remuneration, namely conflicted remuneration and incentives that drive higher average loans sizes that may not be in the consumer's best interests," Bowen said. "We will impose a fixed percentage upfront fee for brokers that will ...