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20 March 2017 • By Tim Stewart • 1 min read

‘Widespread failure’ on adviser reference checks

ASIC has threatened to publicly ‘name and shame’ financial institutions that fail to conduct proper background checks on their financial advisers

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Super release policy is 'asinine': Rice Warner

Allowing first home buyers to draw from their super to pay a deposit to buy a house would not only undermine the purpose of the super system, but cost ...

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Australian Unity launches trustee business

Australian Unity has continued to build out its financial advice business with the launch of a new estate planning and trustee services division

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Pace of global growth set to improve: NAB

Global economic growth improved in the final quarter of 2016 and is expected to pick up pace throughout 2017, according to NAB. In a note to ...

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Ian Silk joins ACSI board of directors

The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has named both Ian Silk and Candy Broad as members of its board. The two new appointments will ...

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AMP Capital to divest from tobacco

AMP Capital will divest from all tobacco securities in its portfolios as part of a new ethical framework that also excludes cluster munitions, ...

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US Federal Reserve hikes again

The US economy’s “continued progress” towards stability has underpinned the US Federal Reserve’s decision to increase the federal funds rate to 0

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APAC private equity cools in 2016

The value of Australian private equity deals in 2016 fell to 36 per cent below its five-year average, according to new data from Bain & Company

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Large caps driving listed investments

Australian listed managed investment performance in 2016 has been driven by a resurgence in large cap equities, according to research from Independent ...

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Zurich fund receives ‘recommended’ rating

Research house Lonsec has given Zurich Financial Services’ Concentrated Global Growth Fund a ‘recommended’ rating. The fund, which uses a ...

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