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YBR Funds Management rebrands, launches new fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... business that is emerging as the cash and fixed-income supplier of choice for many independent financial advisers, institutions and high net worths. We are also now seeing a number of corporations use the fund as a mid-term treasury solution. The evolution ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Large financial institutions considered "too big to fail" are likely to be required to have additional protections in case they fail, Treasurer Joe Hockey said at the G20 meeting of Finance ministers in Cairns this weekend. Hockey said that the Financial ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... interest rate swaps, overnight index swaps, forward rate agreements and bank bills. More than 100 banks and financial institutions globally are connected to Yieldbroker's markets, trading an average of $130 billion each month. Yieldbroker also operates ...

AllianceBernstein set to launch three renminbi funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... government's Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme. The scheme allows non-Chinese financial institutions in Hong Kong to launch renminbi-denominated funds for investment in mainland China. AllianceBernstein plans two fixed-income ...

Instos offer advice at a loss to drive product sales: EY

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Large financial institutions have undervalued advice for decades by offering it at a loss to lead clients into product sales, Ernst & Young (EY) have said in their submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). EY argued that decades old industry ...

Institutions' bid to raise adviser education not genuine: FSU

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
The attempt by Australia's largest financial institutions to raise the education standards for their financial advisers is not a genuine attempt by licensees to improve integrity and transparency in the industry, the Financial Services Union (FSU) said. ...

Bipartisan Senate inquiry to grill financial services again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... Senate investigation will continue to look at the regulator's performance and will also examine the large financial institutions and the advice they provide. Dastyari's inquiry will keep a close eye at the government's response to the 61 recommendations ...

Higher adviser education should kick off on 2018: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... degree requirement for new advisers from 1 January 2018." The association welcomed Australia's largest financial institutions' initiative to lift the education standards of their financial advisers. The submission, which has not been made public yet ...

Young Australians want 'quick fix' tips from advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... profession has been in the spotlight recently, and education announcements made during FP Week by large financial institutions are another win for consumers because they will ultimately result in better protection and quality of advice," Rantall said ...

RARE joins Calastone network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... improving efficiency, saving time and making it easier to do business." RARE joins a growing list of Australian financial institutions using the service. These include NAB Asset Servicing, netwealth, IML, EQT, Goldman Sachs, BT Financial Group, Hyperion ...