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Legg Mason creates national role in Sydney expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Tying in with its Sydney expansion, Legg Mason created the new role of national key account manager. The new position, which has yet to be filled, will report to head of sales Beau Titchkosky. Whoever takes the role will oversee Legg Mason's Sydney ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
It's now a week before Christmas and two before we bid 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone ...

ASIC approves world-first fintech exemptions

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
ASIC is delivering specific licensing exemptions for eligible fintech businesses, in a move the regulator described as a world-first. Under ASIC's new class waivers, fintech businesses will be able to test certain services without having to hold an ...

Tail wags the dog in ESG regulation: PRI

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
The current structure of global capital markets is taken as a given by many regulators, who in turn aren't exerting enough influence on corporate environmental, social and governance policies, according to a new Principles for Responsible Investment ...

Out-dated websites flag regulatory risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Financial planning practices must not ignore the regulatory risk of an outdated website and the implications it could have on their firm, according to YTML co-founder and chief executive Kevin Liao. Speaking with Financial Standard, Liao said there ...

IFM expands into Hong Kong

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
IFM Investors, the fund manager owned by 29 Australian not-for-profit super funds, has opened a Hong Kong office and been granted a licence from the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. The new office complements IFM's existing operations ...

Former Westpac planner banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
ASIC has banned a former Westpac financial planner after he was found to have applied a 'one size fits all' advice model. Anthony Bishop of Chelmer, Queensland has been banned from providing financial services for eight years. He provided inappropriate ...

AMP Capital senior manager joins CFS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
A senior manager among AMP Capital's multi-asset group will leave for a new role at Colonial First State in December. AMP Capital senior manager, platforms, tailored investment solutions Jodie Tapscott will leave the firm after more than four years. ...

CBA, Westpac put spotlight on financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have launched their first Financial Inclusion Action Plans in a bid to help those experiencing financial exclusion. The FIAP program, led by Good Shepherd Microfinance in partnership with the Centre for Social Impact, EY ...

OneVue scores major unit registry mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
OneVue has been awarded a new mandate to provide unit registry administration services. NAB Asset Servicing (NAS), until recently the largest custodian in the country, has chosen OneVue to provide a tailored registry service for its fund managers, adviser ...