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UK RDR market impacts gathering pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... acquired. The stark results are based on an ongoing survey program by the actionconsulting group, a group that aims to monitor how the RDR is impacting the UK intermediated advice market. The consultant's latest survey meanwhile found that as a result ...

Suncorp forced to improve compliance after ASIC review

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Suncorp Group has been forced to make changes to its compliance process after a review by the Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC) over breaches that affected more than 849,000 customers. The breaches that Suncorp reported to ASIC ...

EQT appoints Mercer as asset consultant

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Financial services company Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) has appointed Mercer as asset consultant for its retail and institutional businesses. Mercer will also assist EQT in meeting its regulatory and legislative obligations. "Mercer met our strict ...

New Bloomberg tool a 'game changer'

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... workflow. Bloomberg's investor relations offering centralises the information, news, research and analytics needed to monitor the markets, manage analyst and existing investor relationships, and target new investors. To develop these tools, Bloomberg ...

ASIC relaxes HFT and dark pool proposals

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... already led to a drop in the number of small and fleeting orders associated with HFT, and while ASIC would continue to monitor trades it would not proceed with minimum size thresholds and tick size reform at this time. ASIC conducted a review into HFT ...

BDMs facing major changes without industry support

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Business development managers (BDMs) and practice development managers (PDMs) are facing similar challenges as advisers, but they lack support from the industry, research shows. While the focus of regulatory changes and compliance has been on advisers ...

SME with accountant advice are more successful: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... enterprises (SME) using their accountants as advisers are more likely to achieve financial success, according to MYOB Business Monitor research. The March 2013 MYOB Business Monitor found that 21% of SMEs with an advisory relationship increased their ...

Advisers' Twitter usage doubles in 18 months

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... tablets. "Historically there have been many barriers to uptake of social media, including the amount of time needed to monitor and create content, but the widespread adoption of tablets, especially the iPad, has made it quicker and easier to access social ...

Sunsuper adds to investment committee

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... corporate governance made her eminently suitable for the role. "The purpose of the Sunsuper Investment Committee is to review, monitor and advise the board on the Fund's investment activities, with particular responsibility for investment management ...

Midwinter puts planning software into the cloud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... Midwinter managing director Julian Plummer said. The software offers the possibility of the head office of the dealer group to monitor adviser activity, as well as advisers seeing what their clients are doing with the calculators. AdviceOS also allows ...