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Bravura raises $165m for GBST bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
Bravura Solutions has raised $165 million as it circles financial administration services competitor GBST. Macquarie has underwritten the placement at $5.75 per share for 28.7 million shares to raise the $165 million. This represents a discount of 7.9% ...

New fund administrator enters Australian market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
A Dublin-based software provider specialising in unit linked investment administration and compliance oversight is entering the Australian market. Financial Risk Solutions first moved into the Asia region in 2018, assisted by its acquisition by Constellation ...

Superannuation mergers strike oligopoly fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
Concern the superannuation industry will become an oligopoly like the banking sector is being fuelled by the regulators' new powers and increased funding, specifically aimed at forcing underperforming funds to merge or shut down. Of the $400 million ...

Westpac appoints acting advice GM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
Westpac has appointed an acting general manager of advice to lead the transition of its financial planning business to Viridian Advisory. National head of BT Group Licensees Ashley Stewart will take on the role of acting general manager of advice from ...

FASEA welcomes new directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
The government body overseeing the rising education standards in financial advice is welcoming new directors to its board. Australian Financial Complaints Authority board member Elissa Freeman and former Financial Planning Association of Australia director ...

MP slams prolonged grandfathered commissions carve out

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
With the ANZ banking group abolishing all grandfathered commissions as of yesterday, the industry is receiving little sympathy from the Government. Deputy chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Review of the Four Major ...

Trump will continue to buoy stock markets: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
Robert Mueller's findings that US President Donald Trump did not collude with Russia during the 2016 election campaign is good news for the global share markets, Financial Standard's latest spot poll shows. The majority of readers (68%) agree that ...

Regulators unite for life insurance transparency

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
A joint project between Australia's financial services regulators has found about 92% of life insurance claims are successful first time round. It has also seen the development of an online comparison tool tracking the performance of life insurers. ...

Channel Capital signs on new partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
A $23 billion international boutique has partnered with Channel Capital as it eyes the Australian adviser market after raising $2 billion from instos here. RWC Partners has launched an Australian-domiciled unit trust for their CC RWC Global Emerging ...

New board directors at Future Generation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
The $480 million LIC founded by Geoff Wilson that donates a portion of its net assets to charity every year has added two new board directors. Deloitte Partner Stephanie Lai and UBS managing director and head of marketing and corporate communications ...