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Vamos joins Mercer board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Former long-serving ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos joined the board of Mercer's superannuation business as an independent non-executive director. Mercer Superannuation Australia board chair Jan Swinhoe welcomed Vamos to the board, noting that her ...

FPA professionalism plans garner adviser support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Live polling conducted at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's National Roadshow demonstrates a strong margin of financial advisers support the association's proposals around the forthcoming education and professional standards legislation. ...

ASX appoints new senior executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... September. Dan Chesterman has been appointed as the ASX's new chief information officer, reporting to chief operating officer Tim Hogben. Chesterman has been with CBA for almost a decade and was previously a management consultant with Accenture and Whittman ...

EU markets directive to reshape global alternatives

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
Half of alternative asset managers with offices outside the European Union will apply the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) policies globally - for those firms delegating portfolio management to a third country, this figure ...

Advice and real estate firms align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
Financial advice firm Announcer Group has officially partnered with one of Australia's fastest-growing real estate services businesses. After three years of working together, Announcer and McGrath Estate Agents formalised a strategic referral partnership ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
No one expected the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to raise or lower the official cash rate from its current 1.5% when its board met on the 4 July, but only a few expected the Australian central bank to follow its bigger overseas peers into a more ...

DomaCom launches affordable housing crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
DomaCom is partnering to launch a new crowdfunded investment vehicle, this time focusing on "resort-style" affordable housing for retirees. The partnership with Akuna Lifestyle Estates will see eight stages of development over three to four years to ...

Banks continue campaign to discredit SA bank tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
Australia's big four banks again warned South Australians of the impact a state-based tax would have as the South Australian Liberal opposition confirmed it will move to block the tax's implementation. In an open letter to South Australian customers ...

Fortnum inks advice fintech deal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
Fortnum Financial Advisers is partnering with a provider of real-time data, budgeting and reporting software to augment its client engagement strategy. Under the new partnership, Fortnum will distribute MoneySoft's cashflow and budgeting tool through ...

Insurers held to account with new FSC code

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
The Financial Services Council rolled out its Life Insurance Code of Practice, along with a new set of standardised medical definitions, on July 1. The new definitions for cancer, heart attack and stroke in trauma and critical illness policies were ...