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Platform hints at aggressive expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... to Wright taking the reins, will continue to provide "specific project based" consultancy services to Xplore for a further six months Sharp's work will be focussed on a retail direct-HIN offer for independent financial advisers and a new foreign ...

Macquarie wealth fees income down 14%

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
Macquarie bank's income from wealth management fees fell 14% in the six months to September end compared to the same period last year, while the bank pivots its advice business to focus on high-net-worth clients. Macquarie collected $144 million ...

HESTA strengthens financial advice team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... distribution footprint through the external financial adviser channel." Joiner said he has been working with HESTA over the last six years in his role at IFS and has a strong relationship with the industry fund. "In that time, I came to know HESTA as ...

Crestone profits boosted by clients

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... and EBIT of $11.5 million, in line with the company's three-year strategic outlook. Additionally, Crestone said it has added six new financial advisers since 1 July 2018, bringing the total to 79. "Crestone has hired additional specialists in the cyber ...

Suncorp wealth chief steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... bring together the legal, corporate and board governance under one team. "[Speirs] has done an outstanding job over the past six years at Suncorp, including leading the group's response to the Royal Commission. She will provide a valuable addition ...

Consumers trust super funds about as much as banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... super funds is at a similar level to trust in the big banks. "It's both a worry and a wakeup call to the industry that only six in 10 Australians trust their super funds to act in their best interest," he said. "With the government's retirement income ...

ASIC bans former Fitzpatricks employee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... have been identified and remediated. Radke pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in April this year, and is currently serving six-years imprisonment. "This conviction constitutes 'serious fraud' and as such ASIC is not required to offer a hearing prior ...

Senior lawyer drags AMP to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... service were results of administrative errors, and had corrected some of them to attribute them to business practice. About six months later, around May 2017, she became aware that fee-for-no-service may have been "deliberate rather than inadvertent" ...

AllianceBernstein boss lands FSC directorship

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... appointed to the board of the Financial Services Council. Driscoll has served as the chief of AllianceBernstein (AB) for almost six years, having originally been appointed to the role in December 2013. Her tenure at the firm has seen her establish and ...

AustralianSuper checks out robo advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... State Super (281), followed by Industry Fund Services (106), Qinvest (94), UniSuper (74) and SunSuper (70). Australia has six main companies offering robo advice (Absolute Advice, Clover, QuietGrowth, Six Park, Stock Spot and Raiz) while the US has 16 ...