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Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... insurance policies only on advisers and demanded that insurers improve product design. Synchron noted that in the United Kingdom and in South Africa, "companies acted to eliminate churn (which in turn eliminates the alleged nexus between high upfront ...

NAB fined $40m over British bank failings

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... Australia Bank's British bank (Clydesdayle) recently received a record fine nearing $40 million for lying to the United Kingdom's Financial Ombudsman Service as well as adopting inappropriate complaint policies. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... perhaps even the biblical gnashing of teeth - back then, back during the late years leading to the expiry of the United Kingdom's 99-lease on Hong Kong from China on 1 July 1997. In Wikipedia's words, "Many citizens were pessimistic towards the future ...

Go-it-alone investment culture taking hold in Europe

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... and the rest of Europe looks set to follow, according to new research by global analytics firm Cerulli. In the United Kingdom the low-margin business of fund distribution is being standardised, innovative digital propositions are flourishing, and layers ...

Bland retires from IRESS

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... acquisitions over time and has worked to create shareholder value. Following our recent integration efforts in the United Kingdom, Stu considers it to be an appropriate time to step aside to allow for smooth transition to a new CFO," Walsh said. Harris ...

UK pension changes to benefit Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The lifetime allowance (LTA) cut announced in this year's United Kingdom 2015 Budget could result in more British retirees moving their pensions out of the UK. The Budget contemplates that the amount individuals can save tax-free into pensions will ...

Netwealth launches global stocks trading service

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... Heine said. The service allows netwealth's Australian clients to invest in stocks on NYSE (USA), NASDAQ (USA), LSE (United Kingdom), TSX (Canada), Euronext Paris (France), Deutsche Boerse (Germany), Euronext Amsterdam (Netherlands), TSE (Japan), KLCI ...

IRESS profits up 28%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... before. Results were positively impacted by the full period contribution by IRESS' acquisition of Avelo in the United Kingdom, as opposed to only four months in 2013. As a consequence, 45% of revenue came from outside Australia, up from 32% in 2013. ...

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... entire financial services industry to bring them down." Novarca won business from institutional clients in Europe, United Kingdom and the US representing over $500 billion in funds analysed and optimised in 2014 alone. The company said it has never had ...

Future Fund equities head to depart

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Fund, Lumsden was an investment director at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation. She has also worked in the United Kingdom at Northern Trust Global Advisors, AXA Multimanager Limited and Mercer Investment Consulting. Replacing Lumsden on an acting ...