Brad Fox passes on the AFA CEO baton

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) CEO Brad Fox is to be succeeded by former financial adviser and former Zurich executive, Philip Kewin, in a planned and seamless transition taking... Read more continue reading

Zurich expands life risk underwriting team

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Following its acquisition of Macquarie Life’s risk business, Zurich Financial Services Australia Limited (Zurich) has expanded its risk underwriting team, building on the diverse approaches used by both Zurich and... Read more continue reading

SMSFA and FSC conference to focus on women’s super issues

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The SMSF Association and the Financial Services Council (FSC) are joining forces to promote a day-long conference to examine the critical issue of why women retire with superannuation balances substantially... Read more continue reading

High yield, low risk. Centuria’s latest unlisted property trust three times oversubscribed

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Centuria Capital has announced that its unlisted property trust, the Centuria Scarborough House Fund, (the Fund), is oversubscribed due to unprecedented demand. Centuria received demand for $150 million of equity... Read more continue reading

Remerga brings a new approach to emerging markets

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A strong focus on governance standards is the key to successful investing in Emerging Markets (EM), according to the principals of a new specialist EM investment manager, Remerga. Remerga’s first... Read more continue reading

Fluky winds for Aussie consumers

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Consumer Sentiment; Construction gauge Consumer confidence: The weekly ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating fell by 4.4 per cent in the past week from six-week highs. Construction gauge: The Performance of... Read more continue reading

Bennelong expands its institutional sales team

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Bennelong Funds Management has appointed Matthew Briggs to its institutional team. Matthew has been appointed to the role of Director, Institutional Sales, reporting directly to Andrew Aitken, Head of Distribution.... Read more continue reading

DomaCom complete first transaction with managedaccounts.com.au

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DomaCom recently completed its first fractional property acquisition transaction for Sydney based advisory group Benwest Investment Services through managedaccounts.com.au, one of Australia’s leading managed account providers. “We are very pleased... Read more continue reading

LIF to create unique opportunities and threats for advisers

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The financial services industry will lose its emotional connection with thousands of clients unless it finds creative ways to stop mature advisers from prematurely retiring ahead of the introduction of... Read more continue reading

Trump and The Real Trade War

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There has been much concern lately about the new US administration’s trade policy. Taking a step back and looking at global trade numbers, we can draw a number of conclusions... Read more continue reading