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Banks feeling heat as MiFID II looms: Liquidnet

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
The January 3 deadline for the EU's MiFID II regime should serve as a warning for banks offering mediocre bundled research products, according to Liquidnet founder and chief executive Seth Merrin. Speaking to Financial Standard, Merrin said that now ...

ANZ Wealth research boss departs for Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
ANZ Wealth's head of investment product and research has left the company and moved to Mercer to further build out its post retirement business. William Burkitt held the head research role at ANZ Wealth for five years, prior to which he was executive ...

Longstanding Godfrey Pembroke practice seeks own AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
A Victorian financial advice firm is working towards becoming self-licensed after more than 30 years' in partnership with Godfrey Pembroke. NAB-owned Godfrey Pembroke is assisting Scholten Collins McKissock in transitioning to its own AFSL, in what ...

Custody specialist moves from J.P. Morgan to RBC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
RBC Investor and Treasury Services has recruited its second senior custody specialist from J.P. Morgan in the space of a month as the firm strengthens its operations in Asia Pacific. Marian Azer will take on the dual role of managing director, head ...

Social media boosting super fund engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
Superannuation funds are bolstering their commitment to digital engagement, with the use of social media almost doubling since 2015. A recent survey by Willis Towers Watson found that 94% of super funds are increasing their investment in digital technology ...

Institutional advice licensees to continue feeling the heat

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
It's only a matter of time before institutional advice licensees open up their approved product lists as they try to compete with the growing popularity of the non-aligned space. HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock believes the ongoing impact of the ...

Westpac extends domestic violence support services for staff

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
Westpac Group staff impacted by domestic and family violence will be provided with free financial planning following the introduction of a business-wide pledge to make all employees feel safe and supported at work. Employees impacted by domestic and ...

ETF fees to plunge: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
As the cost of exchange-traded funds continues to plummet and becomes more affordable, there is still room for competition in the booming sector, latest EY research reveals. Over the next three years, EY's ETF report shows the global market will reach ...

Advisers require entrepreneurial hat

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Two FS Power50 advisers told an industry conference that successful and sustainable practices were built when they began to see themselves not only as advisers but astute entrepreneurs. Story Wealth Management chief executive Anne Graham urged practice ...

QIC receives $200m green loan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
QIC's Global Real Estate shopping centre fund is set to benefit from a multi-million dollar boost to undertake improvements in energy performance across the portfolio. Specialist clean energy financier the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will invest ...