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Brexit endangers EU asset manager passport

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017

... Union - essentially 28 countries - hangs in the balance once Brexit is finalised. Statistics from the Financial Conduct Authority show about 5500 companies in the UK hold outbound passports to the EU market - and several of these are Australian financial ...

Asset managers still charging more for less

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017

Following its interim report on the asset management industry released in November 2016, the UK Financial Conduct Authority reiterated its stance that profits aren't reflecting average performance. The FCA received 153 written submissions and consulted ...

ASIC signs fintech agreement with Indonesia

EMMA RAPAPORT | MONDAY, 24 APR 2017

... with a number of other regulators including the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority, the Ontario Securities Commission and Capital Markets Authority, Kenya. It is hoped that this will enable the regulator ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017

... margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment management Jeremy Beckwith posed the "peak asset management" argument based on three ...

Aligned advisers return to UK

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016

... clarification on the line between guidance and advice it is always difficult for a product provider. The Financial Conduct Authority [the UK's financial regulator; equivalent to ASIC] has also said - and I agree - that a product recommendation can be ...

ASIC and UK regulator sign fintech deal

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016

ASIC and the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have agreed to support innovative businesses or fintechs entering each other's respective markets. The goal is to reduce regulatory uncertainty for new Australian businesses entering the UK market ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015

Asset consultants could be in the firing line as the UK's financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), sets competition and conflicts of interest within the asset management industry in its sights. The heads of the UK's largest pension ...

NAB fined $40m over British bank failings

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015

... Kingdom's Financial Ombudsman Service as well as adopting inappropriate complaint policies. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued the landmark fine and acting director of enforcement and market oversight, Georgina Philippou, said Clydesdale ...

UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER | WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to chief executive officers of pension providers to outline government plans to introduce additional protection for retirees wishing to access their defined contribution pension pot from April this ...

UK FCA to review social media guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is conducting a review of how wealth groups use social media to promote their products following concerns that more regulatory clarity may be needed. The review which was launched last month and closes in November ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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