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Xplore continues hunt for chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... mainly due to market movement. It also launched a new wrap - the first product to be launched under the Xplore Wealth brand rather than its former name, managedaccounts.com.au. That rebrand was also finalised during this quarter. However, retail client ...

ASIC warns trustees on employer inducements

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... the recent changes to the law will ensure that super trustees are promoting their products to employers on their merits, rather than the inducements they can provide. ASIC's new guidance will make it easier for them to understand their new obligations ...

Fitzpatricks expands footprint

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... drew the firm to Fitzpatricks was the common way they view their clients: "We are not trying to sell clients a product, rather looking at getting them well organised financially over the long-term," he said. He added that the firm was attracted to Fitzpatricks' ...

IFM Investors reports $114m in FY19 profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... said IFM will invest more in its portfolio management, client management and operational capabilities in the year ahead rather than opening new offices. However, it plans to go ahead with the new European office, most likely to be in Amsterdam. IFM is ...

Women don't know their worth: Noble Oak

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... needs by $102,000. Finance and insurance were the only industries Noble Oak surveyed where, on average, people overvalued rather than undervalued themselves. The survey found women tended to undervalue themselves consistently through every salary bracket. ...

Aussie millionaires are cashed up: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... new report finds the majority of Australian millionaires are cautious investors and prefer to leave their wealth in cash rather than risk capital erosion. The 2019 State of Wealth Report, which is based on research conducted by Crestone Wealth Management ...

Trustee firm adds executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... vanilla, institutional approach," he said. Since the Global Financial Crisis, investors are seeking real control of capital rather than simply paying for institutional brand names managing extremely large pooled asset funds, with high fees and increasingly ...

APRA proposes new remuneration standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... spot in many financial institutions." Lonsdale clarified that APRA will not be determining how much employees get paid - rather empowering boards to more effectively incentivise behaviour that supports the long-term interests of their entities. "We recognise ...

ATO clarifies SMSF death benefit income streams

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... Alliance principal and SMSF specialist mentor David Busoli said the clarification is "confusing in that it misses a couple of rather important items". "Pension minimum requirements in the year of death are only applied to reversionary pensions. Non-reversionary ...

Adviser association rebrands, grows membership

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... together as a new association and recommence lobbying for the rights of advisers. UFAA said it is not a political body, rather a lobby group seeking to address the needs and objectives of its advisers. It aims to lobby against the banning of grandfathered ...