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Stonehouse acquires risk advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
Stonehouse Financial Group has acquired the books of a long-serving risk adviser who will leave the industry to pursue other interests. Financial adviser Greg Owen has sold his practice GJO Financial Services for an undisclosed amount to Jeremy Chiel ...

ASIC removes Societe Generale restrictions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... client money and not depositing it into an authorised deposit-taking institution or an approved foreign bank. The first count took place between December 2014 and February 2017 when the bank withdrew client money over 4500 times from Australian clients ...

Real estate AUM recovers

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
Australian real estate assets under management (AUM) dropped in 2020, but one manager has already signalled significant growth this year. The latest Fund Manager Survey by industry associations ANREV, INREV and NCREIF showed real estate AUM in Australia ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
Financial markets widely expected the Bank of England's (BOE) decision to keep current monetary policy settings unchanged at its June monetary policy committee meeting. "The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%... and to maintain ...

CountPlus acquisitions boost revenue by $9.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... financial advisers must complete additional education requirements to meet FASEA standards prior to 1 January 2026. Over 60% of Count Financial advisers have 2 or fewer units to complete before 1 January 2026 to complete their financial adviser education ...

AUSTRAC to face scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), which has handed out record fines to the big banks, will face new scrutiny from the Senate. Labor Senator Deborah O'Neill'smotion to set up an inquiry into the agency through the Senate ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
China's still not taking calls from Canberra and has severed diplomatic contact under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue and the rhetoric, threats and/or measures limiting/banning imports of Australian products into its shores remain ...

Australia among the richest nations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
The nation's wealth gap continues to widen as new research suggests Australia is among the richest in the world, rising up the ranks to record one of the largest gains in wealth in 2020. Credit Suisse's latest Global Wealth report saw Australia ...

AWS swaps to boutique licensee

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... delivery of additional lifestyle and financial service offerings." The move comes after four IOOF financial advice firms joined Count Financial ahead of the MLC acquisition. IOOF completed the acquisition of MLC Wealth earlier this month, comprising ...

Teachers Mutual launches neobank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
Australia's largest mutual bank has launched a digital bank to meet the needs of essential workers and appointed a chief digital bank officer. Hiver has been created for essential workers in education, emergency services and healthcare sectors and combines ...