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PROFILE: NAB Financial Planning general manager Paul Fog

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... Services Reform Act in 2001." Because it was a new field, Fog's planner colleagues ranged from fellow lawyers to "stockbrokers, real estate valuation professionals, and others. They were all making the transition into planning. We had a whole mix of ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... notoriously tough to crack self-managed super fund market. "We realised there was a large market that was either advised by stockbrokers, or didn't use an adviser at all. We know unlisted managed funds are foreign concept to most people so we came up ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... need 10 years' experience before you are any good at it," she said. The lack of women in entry positions such as stockbrokers or analysts means it is more difficult for them to make it to the top ranks: "We recently advertised for an equity analyst role ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... interested in." After finishing his course, Hallifax was offered a job at Perpetual Trustees, liaising directly with stockbrokers for what would now be called self-managed superannuation funds. He was responsible for implementation and maintenance of ...

Treasury examining ASX monopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... considering encouraging competition in equities clearing to break up the ASX's monopoly. Speaking at the 2015 Annual Stockbrokers Conference in Sydney, Frydenberg conceded there had already been "robust" discussion on the topic but that the Government ...

Decimal Software partners with US fintech giant

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... organisations as clients. Decimal provides cloud-based software mostly to financial advisers, accountants, brokers, stockbrokers and enterprises. The software analyses consumer data and allows users to provide customised financial advice without human ...

Stockbrokers Association appoints chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
The Stockbrokers Association of Australia has appointed its new chief executive and managing director. Andrew Green was previously chief executive of the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. He described his new role as being to ...

QSuper appoints Decimal as advice platform provider

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... cloud technology for financial engagement, advice, service and compliance, servicing financial planners, accountants, stockbrokers and institutional investors. QSuper is the Queensland public sector fund with $53 billion in funds under management and ...

HUB24 acquires dealer group

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... will continue to focus on our core business providing white labels to financial planning groups, accountants and stockbrokers whilst also developing and supporting the Paragem business," HUB24 chief executive Andrew Alcock said. "We are not aligned with ...

ASIC reviews misleading promotion of hybrids

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), according to the regulator's chairman Greg Medcraft. Speaking at the Stockbrokers Association of Australia's annual conference, Medcraft said that ASIC is currently reviewing the promotion of activities ...