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Asset managers still charging more for less

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017

... November 2016, the UK Financial Conduct Authority reiterated its stance that profits aren't reflecting average performance. The FCA received 153 written submissions and consulted with nearly 200 stakeholders since the original report's release, but remained ...

Schroders managers join Bennelong UK business

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017

... working to build a strong distribution, marketing, compliance and operational platform, which is now in place and awaiting FCA authorisation, and which provides a strong foundation for BennBridge's future growth." Marriage added: "We are pleased to be ...

CBA backs financial counselling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017

... customers in crisis; supporting gender equality; promoting financial wellbeing and education; and publicly advocating for change. FCA is a federated body and the peak body for Australian financial counsellors, comprising members of each state and territory ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017

... being too heavily reduced in the next few years, he said profitability was clearly under pressure. His comments follow the FCA's interim Asset Management Market Study report, which found that, at least in the UK, there was weak price competition between ...

FOS and CIO should merge: report

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016

... better off as a single entity, according to a new Financial Counselling Australia report. The report, based on a survey of FCA members, found that 75% of financial counsellors were in support of a FOS and CIO merger so as to "reduce confusion for consumers" ...

BTIM creates new group executive role

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016

... in their respective roles at the start of BTIM's new financial year on 3 October 2016. Lambden's appointment is subject to FCA regulatory approval in the UK.

ASIC and UK regulator sign fintech deal

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016

ASIC and the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have agreed to support innovative businesses or fintechs entering each other's respective markets. The goal is to reduce regulatory uncertainty for new Australian businesses entering the UK market ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015

Asset consultants could be in the firing line as the UK's financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), sets competition and conflicts of interest within the asset management industry in its sights. The heads of the UK's largest pension ...

NAB fined $40m over British bank failings

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015

... Kingdom's Financial Ombudsman Service as well as adopting inappropriate complaint policies. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued the landmark fine and acting director of enforcement and market oversight, Georgina Philippou, said Clydesdale ...

UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER | WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to chief executive officers of pension providers to outline government plans to introduce additional protection for retirees wishing to access their defined contribution pension pot from April this ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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