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ASIC reviews One Big Switch, bans adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... - such as a minimum age requirement, and the need to be switching from a comparable policy. One Big Switch, a consumer network group, ran a 2014 home insurance campaign that saw more than 74,000 consumers sign up. However the company did not hold an ...

Cost cuts put research at risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... becoming not much more than investment option delivery systems. With over 3,400 advisers, AMP is home to Australia's largest network of financial planners and its research division has become essential to their work. Head of research Leanne Milton said ...

Australian Unity to acquire estate planning firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Australian Unity Personal Financial Services will acquire estate planning firm Flinders Australia. As per the agreement, the acquisition will complete on July 1 and will give Australian Unity access to Flinders' estate planning, executor and trust administration ...

Spring FG to launch digital advice platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... Yodlee, RP Data and RedBook. The tool can be accessed through multiple devices and it gives clients access to the Spring FG network of financial advisers. In the coming months, the tool will add features such as video conferencing with advisers, as well ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Among the 81 findings in the Australian Infrastructure Audit Report released in April, was a statement that said over recent years, rates of public and private investment in infrastructure have been higher than the long-term average. Yet the audit goes ...

Government to invest in fintech security

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Stone & Chalk project was originally announced by NSW Premier Mike Baird as a "subsidised office space to collaborate, network and investigate venture capital opportunities," with former AMP chief executive Craig Dunn appointed chair and DEXUS Property ...

SDI products drive retail FUM growth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
Newer styles of products aimed at self-directed investors (SDI) may account for a small share of the retail investment market but they represent a much larger share of market growth. These product styles include managed accounts and their separately ...

CBA, NAB execs join Finsia board

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Executives from National Australia Bank (NAB) and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) have been appointed to the board of financial services body Finsia. NAB group chief risk officer David Gall will become president, while CBA general manager of loan markets and ...

ANZ ETFS appoints custodian JP Morgan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
J.P. Morgan will provide global custody services for three equity ETFs in ANZ's newly launched exchange traded fund business. ANZ ETFS Management is a joint venture between ANZ and London-based ETF Securities which will see six new ETFs listed on the ...

Bargain hunters drive strong market gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... in shares," he said. "Every sector is up with the bargain hunters having a go at everything, not just the banks; even network Ten stocks are up. "I think the view that interest rates may go down again have partly spurred this." The big four banks were ...