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CBA advice compensation bill balloons

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... other advisers reported in KordaMentha's additional licence conditions compensation scheme December 2016 report. In the third report, Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom identified that among the 471 cases investigated, 82 were subsequently ...

HUB24 responds to adviser demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... investments in foreign currency and hold foreign currencies; enable a multi-account opening facility online; and link clients' third-party accounts to their HUB24 account. HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock said all the developments are in response ...

Money managers eye household debt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
The US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and other central banks have signalled they too will pare stimulatory measures introduced in the wake of the GFC, all of which has significant consequences for money managers in 2018. The Reserve Bank ...

Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... paragraph of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute report on Australian consumer sentiment that showed the index rising for the third straight month to 105.1 in January - optimists outnumber pessimists - from 103.3 in December and 99.7 in November. What do ...

Global investment group enters Australia via local partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... Investment Office (EIO) is owned by its founding partners and entrepreneurs and is aiming to bring its strategies, via Australian third-party marketing company Plus Capital, to institutions looking to co-invest with sophisticated investors. EIO's philosophy ...

Macquarie adopts open banking solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... Australia is ramping up its open banking initiatives to give customers the right to direct banking data to fintechs and third parties. It will allow customers to select products that best suit their circumstances and competing providers to offer tailored ...

Diversification concerns see managed funds uptake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... respondents said their main concern over the next 12 months will be maximising capital growth; this rose from 18% in 2016. Another third were looking for a balance between capital growth and risk management. "Investors are increasingly motivated to maximise ...

Siri and Alexa: The future of banking?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... associated to consider, he warned. "Eventually, artificial intelligence will become so advanced that consumers, banks and other third party service providers will need to balance the convenience of these experiences with data privacy. Customers will ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... tax cuts into law has already prodded several US companies to announce pay hikes. As CNBC reported late last month, "Fifth Third Bancorp will pay more than 13,500 employees a bonus and raise the minimum wage of its workforce to $15 an hour after the ...

Satisfaction with industry super rising

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... making a comeback in the consumer satisfaction stakes as latest Roy Morgan data shows they have edged retail funds for the third consecutive month. Despite having trailed retail funds for the first seven months of 2017, figures from November how satisfaction ...