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ASIC cracks down on CFDs, OTC derivatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... breaches of DDOs and has engaged with product issuers to do the right thing. Such instruments have been under the watchful eye of ASIC since 2017. It has regularly reviewed practices the proceeding years, and ultimately found that most retail clients ...

Natixis IM eyes expansion with new retail AFSL

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
Natixis Investment Managers has expanded its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) to target retail clients, affording broader access to strategies from its collective of global investment managers. Natixis IM country head of Australia and New ...

Fiducian eyes IFAs, South Australia for inflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
Fiducian is betting on the independent financial adviser (IFA) market and its South Australian presence to bolster its inflows as it sets an ambitious plan to exceed its performance reported in the 2023 financial year. The ASX-listed group's latest ...

Barwon snaps up $124m of healthcare assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... also set to finalise the purchase of a day surgery at 87 Ipswich Road, Buranda, Queensland for $72 million. The Queensland Eye Institute will be the primary lessee of the property. The acquisition follows the fund's previous purchase of the PA Health ...

AMP provisions $50m in response to class action

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
Amid the Financial Adviser Class Action fallout, AMP has suspended its capital return, with a resolution expected by year-end. AMP has set aside a $50 million provision, reflecting its preliminary assessment of potential liabilities associated with ...

ASIC looking to send message with eToro action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... products where it considers the target market determinations to be deficient. Further, Court outlined the watchdog is keeping an eye on insurers. "Anyone who has renewed an insurance policy will be familiar with the various statements about the loyalty-based ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... in all areas of financial services are being urged to ramp up cybersecurity protections, with the regulators keeping a keen eye on their efforts. But while major institutions might be well resourced to respond, financial advisers are falling behind. ...

Leigh Watson caps four decades in industry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... at MLC. Having worked across the life insurance/reinsurance, funds management and superannuation sectors, he is keeping an eye out for non-executive opportunities, he said. Accolades poured in from former colleagues who called his career 'stellar' ...

Federal Reserve plans upping capital requirements

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... but all components together result in a certain amount of capital required," he said. "Banks manage their operations with an eye on the entire system, and as such, adjustments to one part of the regime may imply adjustments to another." Over the past ...

Commonwealth Bank backs Wollemi Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
The bank was a major strategic investor in the investment boutique's recent capital raising, eyeing an opportunity to help its customers better manage their own carbon emissions. Named after the endangered Australian pine tree species, Wollemi Capital ...