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Rainmaker executive awarded prestigious scholarship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
The executive director of media at Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard, has been named as one of two inaugural recipients of Chief Executive Women's (CEW) Maureen Kerridge AM Scholarship. Rainmaker Group executive director of media ...

Proposed reforms could simplify advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
Fresh proposals from the Australian Law Reform Commission aim to simplify several complex areas of financial advice legislation. The ALRC is proposing sweeping changes to financial services law, including changes that affect the advice industry, tabled ...

CFS targets adviser market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
With a $430 million funding boost, Colonial First State hopes to capture a bigger slice of the financial adviser market. Upon announcing that Commonwealth Bank relinquished its 55% stake as of yesterday, CFS unveiled its grand plan to transform operationally ...

Backlash after 'unprecedented' ASIC action against Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
An industry group for independent financial advisers and lawyers have come out criticising Westpac over the six cases brought against it by ASIC. Slater and Gordon Lawyers is calling on Westpac to 'walk the talk', after Westpac's chief executive Peter ...

ETF Securities, 21Shares partner for Australia's first crypto ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
ETF Securities and 21Shares are partnering to launch Australia's first direct Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs and a best-in-class blockchain research and education centre. Subject to regulatory approvals, the ETFS 21Shares Bitcoin ETF and ETFS 21Shares Ethereum ...

AMP advances demerger

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
AMP is forging ahead with its planned demerger that is due to take effect in the first half of 2022. AMP chief executive Alexis George is confident that AMP and AMP Capital's Private Markets business, otherwise known as PrivateMarketsCo, will become ...

Count Financial adds advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
A Victorian financial advice business is the latest to join Count Financial, making it the 23rd addition to the group this year. Financial Momentum will become part of Count Financial on December 1. The family business, with a team of four financial ...

Seven West Media backs Raiz

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
Seven will take a strategic investment of a 6.6% stake in Raiz via a $10 million share placement, aligning both companies' interests to work. Raiz joint group chief executive officer Brendan Malone said that Seven's investment into the Raiz business ...

APRA finalises new bank capital framework

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has finalised its new bank capital framework, designed to strengthen levels of capital and align Australian standards with the internationally agreed Basel III requirements. The new regime, which ...

GSFM hires new product manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
GSFM has created a new product manager role and appointed a former senior staffer from BT Financial Group to the post. Natasja Liddell was hired to help meet the multi-affiliate fund manager's growing investor demand. Based in Sydney, she reports ...