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ASIC imposes conditions on Guardian Advice

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed conditions on the licence of Suncorp-owned Guardian Advice following a surveillance which uncovered deficiencies in the advice it provided to retail clients. ASIC said the company ...

BOQ hands acting CEO permanent position

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
Bank of Queensland has handed acting chief executive Jon Sutton the joint managing director and chief executive roles permanently. Sutton has been acting chief executive for around four months and was chief operating officer before that. He joined BOQ ...

AMP Capital receives $200m from OPB

HARRY PAGE:  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
AMP Capital has received a $200 million commitment from the Canadian pension plan Ontario Pension Board (OPB) to invest in its global investment strategy. OPB's Private Markets' managing director Glenn Hubert said OPB was impressed by AMP Capital's ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
"Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, Right down Santa Claus lane..." "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." (The New York Sun, 21 Sep 1897). It's hard to believe too given the depressing headlines about oil's slide (and more to follow) ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Robots will take over white collar jobs first

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
Contrary to the popular belief, robots are more likely to take over the tasks of medium and high-skilled workers, rather than jobs that do not require a university education, a Department of Industry paper determined. "The challenges presented by increasing ...

ANZ asks for US-style national adviser exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
ANZ has offered to foot the bill to start-up a national exam for financial advisers that mirrors the United States Series 7 exam run by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). The bank estimated that it would cost $600,000 to kick-start ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street's fall of more than one per cent amid an energy stock sell-off after OPEC cut its forecast on 2015 demand for oil. At 0911 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract ...

BTFG restructures investment business

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
BT Financial Group has reorganised to bring a number of separate investment business units under the same umbrella. BT Investment Solutions, as the division will be known, ties together Advance Asset Management, Westpac Online Investing and BT's own ...

MTAA Super awards $200m global credit mandate

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
Industry fund MTAA Super has appointed AllianceBernstein to manage a $200 million global credit mandate. The AllianceBernstein Global Credit strategy is an actively managed global bond strategy with a research-driven investment approach. The service ...