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Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Three separate financial services dispute resolution services will be combined and replaced by a 'one-stop-shop' to establish a simpler, more accessible and more affordable process for consumers. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) ...

New CFO for Vanguard Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
Vanguard Australia will welcome its new chief financial officer in the coming months. Johanna Platt has been named to replace Daniel Shrimski, who relocated to the US earlier this year for the role of chief financial officer at Vanguard's US Retail ...

Pension fund eyes Fairfax Media

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
A Canadian pension fund has made a play at acquiring selected Fairfax Media assets, joining forces with private equity firm TPG as part of an investment consortium. Fairfax confirmed today that the board of the $175 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension ...

Macquarie boosts AUM, earnings flat

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Assets under management on Macquarie Group's investment platform jumped 24% to $72.2 billion in the 12 months to March, recently released financial results show. While Macquarie's wealth management segment reported a flat income of $313 million for ...

ANZ and ETFS cut ties

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
ANZ ETFS is no more as the rapidly-downsizing bank decided to end its joint venture with ETF Securities, creating a separate business in the process. ANZ ETFS has been rebranded ETF Securities Australia, and eight exchange-traded products originally ...

Future of ANZ Wealth uncertain amid profit slide

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
ANZ Wealth's profit share in the bank's overall results continued to decline in the first half of FY17, underscoring six months of speculation as to the division's future. Back in November, ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said in a media briefing ...

Martin Currie SMA debuts on HUB24

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
A Legg Mason Martin Currie separately managed account (SMA) has debuted on the HUB24 platform. The Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income Strategy addresses retiree longevity risk and avoids the need to draw down on capital through retirement, according ...

Global bank tests customer service 'bot'

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Global bank Wells Fargo is launching an artificial intelligence-driven customer service 'chat' experience within Facebook's Messenger application. Wells Fargo customers who frequently use Messenger will be able to save time using the chat bot functionality ...

Challenger launches advice tool as reforms loom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
As the 1 July deadline looms, an initiative from Challenger will make it easier for financial advisers to service clients and manage their retirement income needs. As superannuation reform, including the introduction of Comprehensive Income Products ...

Pension fund embraces managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Asset managers experienced in real assets are being sought by the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund to manage a separately managed account comprising global private equity, infrastructure and real estate investments. The SMA would hold global ...