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FSC and FOS appoint former ASX chief risk officer

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
The Financial Services Council and Financial Ombudsman Service named the chair of the committee tasked with overseeing the implementation of the Life Insurance Code of Practice. Anne Brown joins the Life Code Compliance Committee (LCCC) while also serving ...

ASIC ramps up surveillance and remediation after adviser conflict report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
ASIC is ramping up its surveillance and remediation processes to help curb further adviser conflicts of interest within vertically integrated institutions. In light of the Report 562 findings, which examined adviser conflicts of interest across bank-owned ...

Supervised Investments wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... Opportunities Fund. The fund aims to achieve a return in excess of the Barclays Multiverse Index (Total Return Gross) Hedged to AUD via an unconstrained portfolio of debt securities and currencies across 15 fixed income sectors and more than 50 countries. ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
There is only hours left to participate in the Financial Standard Readership Survey and be in the running to win one of 10 Google Home smart speakers. More than 300 Financial Standard readers have responded to the survey, telling us how we can improve ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Queensland financial adviser for not meeting his life insurance replacement advice obligations. ASIC found Duane Wright, owner of Brisbane-based First National Home Loans and Insurance, breached obligations ...

Citi veteran joins forces with listed equities manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
A long-serving Citi employee has become the deputy chief executive of a listed Australian equities investment company as part of the latter's succession plan. Newly-minted Milton Corporation deputy chief Brendan O'Dea joined Citi in 1995 as an internal ...

J.P. Morgan wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... risk," Brodie said. The fund aims to achieve a return in excess of the Barclays Multiverse Index (Total Return Gross) Hedged to AUD via an unconstrained portfolio of debt securities and currencies across 15 fixed income sectors and more than 50 countries. ...

Aussie currency drives fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... Asia-Pacific and Australian clients have commented on the lack of diversified cash management solutions for the Aussie dollar. "The AUD fund will invest in a wider range of onshore and offshore assets than traditional Australian money market funds, giving ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
More than 240 Financial Standard readers have responded to our annual readership survey. This is your chance to have a say. We're aiming to improve our content and how we deliver industry news based on your valued insights. The survey is open until ...

FSC finalises life insurance APL guidelines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The Financial Services Council finalised the standard for life insurance approved product lists. From 1 July 2018, Australian financial service licencees who are members of the FSC will be required to include three or more life insurers on their APL. ...