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Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... COVID-19, highlights how important it is for technology to step up and improve efficiencies for advisers, he said. Lantern Advisory director James Cavanough said that compliance was a bigger challenge to his advisory business than the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Please be aware of the nearest exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... population and get back to normal." But what does normal look like? Well, according to Todd Gammel, restructuring and risk advisory partner at HLB Mann Judd, businesses need to be using the remainder of this time in lockdown to prepare for a different ...

Dealer group AFSL in limbo

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... the Administrative Appeals Tribunal reviews ASIC's decision. It comes after the corporate watchdog suspended the advisory firm's AFS licence on February 12 on the grounds that it had failed to comply with its licensee obligations. ASIC alleged ...

Citi hires new investment banking head from Deutsche

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... of investment banking and managing director, reporting to Tony Markets, who heads Citi's baking, capital markets and advisory functions. Cartel has worked on Santos' $17.9 billion successful defence of the EIG/Harbour Energy approach, Unibail-Rodamco's ...

Former ASIC lawyer joins private firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... the team. "Lesley brings a wealth of valuable experience from her time at a boutique financial services compliance and advisory practice, as well as her background at ASIC," Coburn said. "Lesley is uniquely qualified for this role and we are delighted ...

Advisers adapt as crisis unfolds

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... connecting with anxious clients and helping them take advantage of the stimulus packages." Prior to the pandemic, Australia's advisory businesses already faced contracting operating margins and an exodus of advisers following the Royal Commission. These ...

Future Fund board members reappointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... Holdings, Sonic Healthcare Ltd and the General Sir John Monash Foundation. She is also co-chair of the Australian Government Advisory Board on technology and healthcare competitiveness. She has served as the chancellor of the University of Queensland ...

BlackRock profits slump during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... In terms of investment style, long-term, active, and index and ETFs were all out of favour, while cash management and advisory picked up net inflows. Institutional investors pulled out net US$30 billion across active and indexed strategies, while iShares ...

Isolated advisers enter the digital age

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... adviser is Dominique Bergel-Grant, who shifted to a digital model four years ago. The founder of Sydney-based financial advisory business LeapFrog LIFE, Bergel-Grant now works between picturesque Lake Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand and Sydney ...

Sargon Capital to be liquidated

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
Sargon Capital's creditors yesterday voted unanimously to wind up the company, starting a liquidation process that could last 12 months. Taiping Trustees, which is Sargon Capital's only known secured creditor for about $97 million and other ...