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Labor renews calls for banking Royal Commission

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... one complaint read. "The banks are a joke with no service high account fees and far too high interest rates on all loan accounts," read another. Noting the avalanche of complaints, Senator Ketter said Labor will continue to fight for a Royal Commission ...

Republic Capital chief executive departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... specialising in automated investments via its platform, Republic Wealth. The platform employs robo-advice, managed discretionary accounts and full-service advice.

Open data carries privacy risk: ABA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... deliver positive outcomes for consumers. She used the need for regulation around payday lenders that ask for access to bank accounts as an example. "What we don't worry about is that those payday lenders are then using that data to re-market to those ...

MDA firm hires former Pillar chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Listed managed discretionary account company Managed Accounts Holdings Limited (MGP) added a former Pillar chief executive to its board with the aim of growing its retail superannuation sector. Peter Brook served as Pillar's managing director and chief ...

Pension fund embraces managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Asset managers experienced in real assets are being sought by the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund to manage a separately managed account comprising global private equity, infrastructure and real estate investments. The SMA would hold global ...

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... nearly four years. This is concerning because retail spending -- a major component of household spending which, in turn, accounts for roughly 60% of GDP -- had been on a trend decline at least over the past two years. The details of the retail sales ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... drop in imports provides an outright negative indication for it confirms the weak/slowing household consumption (which accounts for more than 60% of the economy) in the domestic economy. Recall the earlier ABS released that showed retail sales fell by ...

Wingate strengthens team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Jeannie Bredberg joins as the national head of business development and Duncan Knight joins as the national head of key accounts. Wingate Asset Management chief executive Jamie Mead said: "These newly created roles are reflective of the increasing demand ...

ASIC cancels suspended AFSL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... reports during the period of its licence suspension. ASIC has now cancelled its licence. "The annual lodgement of audited accounts is an important part of a licensee demonstrating it has adequate financial resources to provide the services covered by ...

ASIC wins first court action for FoFA breaches

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... ASICs claims, the Federal Court found clients of NSG had been sold insurance and/or advised to rollover superannuation accounts that committed them to costly, unsuitable, and unnecessary financial arrangements. Oppenheim Legal solicitor Warwick Heeson ...