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Donations now accepted via Instagram

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
Instagram is set to add a feature that will allow its users to raise money for non-profits they are passionate about. Later this year the social-networking app will roll out a donations sticker for Instagram stories. Stickers are extra elements that ...

Former Westpac GM joins APRA review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
A former Westpac general manager and group executive will help lead APRA's capability review. Diane Smith-Gander has joined the three-person panel reviewing the prudential regulator, after the Government agreed to act on Kenneth Hayne's recommendation ...

Royal Commission to disrupt product distribution: Roy Morgan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Financial product distribution is likely to be disrupted as the Federal Government looks to implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission's final report. Latest insights from Roy Morgan show intermediaries account for the distribution of about ...

Macquarie expects profit jump

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
Macquarie Group is expecting its FY19 results to outstrip last year's results by up to 15%, and has made three key appointments. This means it could post $3.9 billion in profits when it announces FY19's full-year results in early May. "While the impact ...

Mainstream board loses former ASIC executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... clients. Mainstream said it has been investing heavily in the Australian business since completing a $10.3 million capital raise in the second half of last year.

Hayne report raises professionalism stakes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
Financial advisers could face the same rigid license registration requirements as doctors and lawyers if the Royal Commission's recommendations on compliance and further education in the industry become law. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne is calling ...

Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... the economy to be the longest expansion in US history and will continue longer than people expect. As for the Fed, will it raise short-term interest rates? "It's none and done for the year," he said.

Hedge fund veteran joins Aura

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
Aura Group appointed Damien Hatfield as an executive director to help launch new funds in its alternative assets business. Hatfield is the founder and director of Triple A Partners. He helped set up a hedge funds-of-funds operation at Colonial First ...

ASIC enforcement must get tough: Commissioner

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... may give too much weight to past good conduct, or may - even subconsciously - explain away conduct that would otherwise raise a red flag," he said. ASIC is already conducting an internal review of its enforcement policies, for which it should not be ...

Misconduct must end: Frydenberg

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... response, "strengthen and expand the protections for consumers, small business and rural and remote communities." "Second, they raise accountability and governance standards. Third, they enhance the effectiveness of regulators. Fourth, they provide for ...