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MDAs overhauled by new regulations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
The operation of limited MDAs is to be terminated under new, long-awaited regulatory reforms released by ASIC yesterday. The regulator has made amendments to Regulatory Guide 179, the most significant being the removal of the regulated platform no-action ...

NAB pays $6.5m to resolve advice complaints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
National Australia Bank revealed it has paid a total of $6.5 million to 251 customers since February 2015 after settling their claims for compensation. In an update on its financial advice response initiative, NAB said the uplift in payments to customers ...

Former Westpac adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
ASIC has banned a former Westpac adviser from providing financial services for four years. Michael Mahoney of Adelaide has been disqualified after an ASIC investigation found that he engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct during his time as a Westpac ...

AFA Rising Star finalists announced

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and ANZ Wealth have announced the finalists for the 2016 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award ahead of the upcoming AFA National Conference in Canberra. Launched 11 years ago, the AFA Rising Star of the Year ...

Super industry CEO joins IIRC board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
Australian Council of Superannuation Investors chief executive Louise Davidson will be the first Australian to join the board of the International Integrated Reporting Council. Davidson's three year board term begins 1 October and her appointment will ...

IRESS acquires super software provider

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
IRESS has entered an agreement to acquire an established Australian superannuation software business for a total purchase price of up to $90 million. The agreement will see IRESS acquire Financial Synergy, with the transaction expected to be complete ...

Life insurance reforms to be re-introduced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
A spokesperson for the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed to Financial Standard that draft legislation pertaining to the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) will be formally re-introduced in early October when Federal ...

Myer Family Investments chair to retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Myer Family Investments will renew its board after its October 18 annual general meeting. Martyn Myer, appointed as chair in 2011, will retire from the board and be replaced by Sidney Myer, who currently serves as a non-executive director. Martyn Myer ...

Axsesstoday completes $20m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
Axsesstoday has completed a $20 million bond issue as part of a debt diversification plan and to fund growth of the company's underlying equipment financing business. Arranged by FIIG Securities, the $20 million note issue will be combined to form a ...

IFM active equity team wins first mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
IFM Investors' active equities team has won its first institutional mandate from an industry super fund. The $6.5 billion Mine Wealth + Wellbeing fund has awarded the firm's Australian Core Equities strategy its inaugural mandate. The exact size of ...