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Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
Corporate super representative group CSSA is calling on the industry funds movement to apply its standards of financial planning in the superannuation sector. Recently the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption announced it was ...

ASIC bans Macquarie representative

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently banned a former Macquarie Entities representative from providing financial services for five years. The ban was given to Brett O'Malley of Sunshine Beach, Queensland, after he engaged ...

CBA exec to head Westpac Institutional Bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
A top Commonwealth Bank (CBA) executive has been appointed group executive of Westpac Institutional Bank (WIB) following the departure of Rob Whitfield. CBA executive general manager of retail products and third party banking Lyn Cobley will head WIB ...

Advice firm ditches platform, adopts MDA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
A Synchron financial planning practice has stopped using wrap platforms and has partnered with a managed discretionary account provider for its investment transactions. MEDIQ Financial Services will transition the majority of its clients to the managedaccounts.com.au ...

ANZ enters fast growing ETF market

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
ANZ has become the first of Australia's big banks to enter the exchange traded fund (ETF) market with the launch of six funds in partnership with ETF Securities. The joint venture between both organisations has resulted in a new company called ANZ ETFS ...

UBS hands wealth management business to senior staff

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
UBS will pull out of wealth management in Australia and is selling off the business to existing advisers. Former head of UBS Wealth Management Mike Chisholm, together with a group of senior advisers, has established Crestone Wealth Management with Chisholm ...

Retirees urged to add stocks

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
A recent Milliman paper suggests there is credence to applying an equities strategy when looking to reduce inflation risk during retirement. Looking purely at the S&P 500 Index, the Milliman paper says dividend yield per share over the last decade has ...

Expert issues cyber-attack warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
The incoming New Payments Platform will leave financial institutions, including super funds and wealth managers, vulnerable to cyber criminals unless they upgrade their security, a fraud and cyber-crime expert has warned. Similar to the UK's Faster ...

New MetLife hires to drive growth spurt

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
MetLife Insurance, the Australian arm of the US giant, has brought its total number of 2015 hires to 25 as it gears up for growth in this market. In the year to date, MetLife has announced 10 senior hires, all moving to the company from executive roles ...

Ariel makes Australia first offshore outpost

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
US all-cap and international equity manager Ariel Investments has entered the APAC region for the first time, choosing to set up shop in Sydney. As part of its APAC expansion, the company as appointed Ian Webber as senior vice president, head of Asia ...