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Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
ASIC has released a report on how large financial advice firms have addressed serious conduct, compliance and customer remediation issues, revealing serious concerns about how the industry has operated over the past five years. The report is part of ...

Global insurance tech eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
A global provider of life insurance claims software entered into a strategic partnership with an Australian wealth management consultancy. FINEOS, which services clients including AMP, CommInsure, Macquarie, ANZ, TAL and Westpac, has joined up with ...

AIA launches digital life insurance advice tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
Life insurer AIA is partnering with digital financial advice provider SuperEd to develop an online tool for superannuation fund members. The online tool, which will be integrated into AIA's LIFEapp, will provide members with education and assistance ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
Markets received their regular does of adrenalin again yesterday when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest stats on the country's labour market. The seasonally adjusted numbers showed total employment dropped by 6,400 in February ...

ASIC spots forex breaches at ANZ and Westpac

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings from Westpac and ANZ following an investigation into the banks' wholesale foreign exchange businesses. The regulator found that between 2008 and 2013, Westpac and ANZ's systems and controls failed to address ...

DomaCom signs global agriculture crowdfunding deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Fractional property investing platform DomaCom finalised its first foray into agricultural assets with a deal that gives its investors a stake in pastoral land among Victoria's Western Districts. The 150-hectare property, Doyles, is outside Casterton ...

Westpac deputy chief executive retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Westpac deputy chief executive Phil Coffey is retiring after spending more than 20 years at the bank. Coffey was appointed deputy chief executive in April 2014 and prior to that served as chief financial officer for eight years, and was the group executive ...

Grant Samuel flags two senior appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management appointed a new head of institutional business and head of retail distribution. Taking on the newly-created institutional business role, Charles Levinge joins Grant Samuel from Franklin Templeton, where he was senior manager ...

Legg Mason bond funds receive Zenith tick

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Three Legg Mason bond funds were recently rated positively by Zenith. Legg Mason's Western Asset Global Bond Fund and Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund were both given a 'Recommended' rating, while the Legg Mason Brandywine Opportunistic Fixed ...

MW Lomax grows geographic footprint

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
MW Lomax and its international partner Focus acquired a Brisbane-based advisory firm. MW Lomax, which currently has offices in Sydney and Melbourne, has created "a financial services powerhouse" along Australia's east coast with the acquisition of Westwood ...