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Sales director moves from Legg Mason

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A former sales director at Legg Mason has moved to an Australian-based global fund manager with more than $105 billion under management. Joining IFM Investors as an associate director in treasury services, debt investments is Justin Nunan. IFM said ...

AI comes to SMSF administration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
An artificial intelligence assistant has been integrated into the SMSF software solution used to administer more than 70% of the 600,000 self-managed super funds in Australia. In a reported first for SMSF administration software, BGL has integrated ...

Former Suncorp adviser banned

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A former Suncorp Financial Services financial adviser has copped a four-year ASIC ban after the regulator found the adviser failed to act in the best interests of his clients. The adviser in question, Gerald Grubwinkler from Queensland, failed to adequately ...

Industry welcomes final Better Banking report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
The final report of a two year reform program has outlined the progress made by Australia's banks in implementing the Better Banking Reforms Program. Handing down the report, independent governance expert Ian McPhee said commitment to the package of ...

Why wait for Royal Commission to address trust?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A financial services industry group said its latest consumer research shows Australians care less about Royal Commission findings and are more concerned about professional standards. The Financial Services Institute of Australasia's (FINSIA) latest ...

Digital broker partners for multi-asset trading

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
A digital brokerage service with monthly trading turnover of over $3.5billion has integrated a global multi-asset trading platform into its offering. OpenMarkets will use Bloomberg's execution management system (EMSX); allowing users to direct equity ...

Financial services data breaches recorded

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
The Australian finance sector was responsible for 13% of notifiable data breaches reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in the first quarter of 2018. The OAIC Quarterly Statistics report outlined the top five industry sectors ...

Cryptocurrency service providers now regulated: AUSTRAC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
AUSTRAC has implemented the first laws for cryptocurrency service providers operating in Australia as the financial intelligence agency looks to mitigate criminal risk in the sector. AUSTRAC's new suite of cryptocurrency laws will regulate digital currency ...

Mercer expands responsible investment team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
The appointments all form part of Mercer's expanding global responsible investment team. Timothy Stamp, Max Messervy and Tomi Nummela are joining the firm and Stamp represents the Australian hire. Nummela will join the UK responsible investment team ...

Hastings rebrands following sale

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
An infrastructure asset management firm formerly owned by Westpac has rebranded after its recent sale. Hastings Funds Management will now be known as Vantage Infrastructure, after new owner Northill Capital repositioned the brand to reflect its new ...