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New hires, mandates at Link

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
Link Fund Solutions has appointed a new chief operating officer as part of what it says is a broad transformation of the business. Peter Sipek has been appointed chief operating officer. He has more than 30 years' experience in financial services most ...

Deloitte hires from OneVue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
Deloitte has named a new director of superannuation operational risk advisory, nabbing a C-suite level executive from OneVue. Melissa Gomes was previously the chief operating officer of OneVue's Super Services business where she oversaw the firm's acquisition ...

Super consumer body grateful for intervention

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
With just 18 months of funding left, Super Consumers Australia has been handed a potential lifeline by the government. After the government announced it would take its first steps towards fulfilling a recommendation of the Productivity Commission to ...

Planners heed SMSF risk warning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
Are you effectively communicating the importance of diversification to your SMSF clients? Delegates have been warned how to avoid triggering the ATOs radar. Aaron Dunn, who is the chief executive of Smarter SMSF, has provided an update on SMSF regulation ...

New social network for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
A new peer-to-peer online forum for financial planners has launched in response to the need for community in a period of immense change for the profession. Introduced by the Financial Planning Association of Australia at the 2019 FPA Congress, the FPA ...

Superestate eyes property mandates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Superestate is looking to expand its presence beyond superannuation offerings, with an eye to managing direct residential property mandates for large investors. Superestate chief executive Grant Brits has revealed the future of the firm will lie in ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Fund managers of active fixed income strategies are rethinking their pricing as financial advisers and institutional investors drive a harder bargain in a lower-returning world, and new retail opportunities beckon. Several fixed interest giants, including ...

Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
The RBA's growth and inflation forecasts and the Taylor Rule calls for just one more rate cut next year. So there we have it ladies and gents, the answer to every Australian's question du jour, how low will domestic interest rates go? I posed ...

IOOF risk chief walks after four months

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
IOOF's newly installed risk head left the firm last week, less than four months after taking on the role. IOOF has confirmed the departure of chief risk officer Amanda Noble, who joined the wealth manager in July as the first senior executive appointment ...

Chief economist update: Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Over the past few months, I've been singing sad songs about the Australian economy and the need for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Morrison government to do more to reverse the slowing momentum in economic activity in this 'Lucky ...