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What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... thinks a July 2018 start date for Australian Financial Complaints Authority ( AFCA ) "may not be possible" given the magnitude of work left in implementing the new framework. So, it is asking for the Treasury and ASIC to review the funding for soon-to-be-replaced ...

Acadian talks big data 2.0, launches A-shares strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... and emerging markets is allowing quant investors to see what ESG announcements move stock prices and to measure the magnitude of these movements. What this really does is dig deeper into the "materiality" of ESG signals used by quants - a concept which ...

Three is the magic number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... Yellen said that, "While changes in tax policy will likely provide some lift to economic activity in coming years, the magnitude and timing of the macroeconomic effects of any tax package remain uncertain." For sure, this would provide an upside risk ...

FOFA breach sees former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
A former Magnitude Group financial adviser was banned by ASIC for breaching the best interest duty introduced under the Future of Financial Advice reforms. Jason Sean Atkins of Perth is prohibited from providing financial advice for three years after ...

Treasury responds to ABA derision over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... employees. The levy cannot be absorbed; it will be borne by these people. It is not possible to increase taxes by this magnitude without it impacting people," the submission reads. NAB stated its most obvious areas of concern are the calculation burden ...

Private wealth specialist appoints chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... David Murray joins Sterling from BT Investment Solutions, where he was a regional practice business manager for the BT Magnitude dealer group. Before that, he was a director at Peloton Partners, a director at FMD Financial and a principal at Mercer. ...

Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... consultant Sarkis Tepeli says that while the interest in this arena from the funds management industry is growing, its magnitude varies materially across different regions. "The United States in particular has felt this influence more than anywhere else ...

BTFG announces giant Panorama leap

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... retirement savings. BT Financial Group's dimensions as at 30 September 2016: Financial advice - 510 salaried advisers; 589 Magnitude and Securitor advisers Investments - $32 billion funds under management (FUM); $1bn in deposits, $2bn in margin lending ...

Super deadline driving adviser self-education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... eagerness to educate themselves, particularly around Transition to Retirement and contribution caps. "Reforms of this magnitude are made far easier to navigate thanks to the resources and support advisers now have available to them. It's not just written ...

Australia housing boom busting?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... dwellings excluding houses, the trend measure for approvals to build houses had also been falling, albeit of lesser magnitude, for eight months running, down 0.4% in the month of November. The lead from the Aig construction activity survey indicates ...