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Yarra targets wholesale market

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
Melbourne-based boutique manager Yarra Capital Management recently opened its absolute credit strategy to wholesale and high-net-worth investors. The Yarra Absolute Credit Fund was previously available to institutional investors but new demand from ...

Scrapping LRBAs would be detrimental to investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
A commercial property lender believes banning limited recourse borrowing arrangements in their entirety would be too heavy handed, saying critics often cite residential property spruikers to cast shadows. Thinktank chief executive Jonathan Street said ...

Managed accounts provider enters crowdfunding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
ASIC has granted a variation to the AFSL of a managed accounts provider, allowing it to provide an equity crowdfunding service. BIR Financial told shareholders that its securities trading and corporate advisory business, Pulse Markets, was recently ...

Banks must reshape to survive compliance and technology crunches

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
KPMG and EY highlight Australia's big four banks must balance ongoing compliance costs with continued spending in technology or face being left behind when it comes to innovation. In their post FY18 analysis of Australian bank results, KPMG and EY point ...

Advisers choose their own journey on BT hub

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
The ability to select adviser services on an as needed basis will be the key ingredient to growth in BT Financial Group's newly-launched adviser hub. Commencing this week and first flagged in July, BT Open Services is a financial adviser hub set ...

FPA and AFA aim to administer adviser standards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers are putting cases forward to manage adviser compliance schemes resulting from the industry's new education and ethics standards. The FPA told its member base ...

Diversa executive joins managed accounts specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The head of sales and relationship management at Diversa Trustees has moved to a managed accounts provider with the task of expanding its superannuation solution, following an acquisition. Joining Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) as its head of trustee ...

One-stop complaints shop opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
Australia's newly-established financial services dispute resolution system expects to play an important role in the wake of the Royal Commission into the sector's misconduct. Australian Financial Complaints Authority chair Helen Coonan said the one-stop-shop ...

Advice group continues education standards preparation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A financial advice dealer group has awarded its latest education scholarships aimed to help its advisers navigate upcoming education standards for the industry. Elders Financial Planning awarded a 16 education scholarships at their national conference ...

Superannuation must catch up to gig economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
The chief executive at one of Australia's biggest wealth managers said he is troubled by adequacy issues in Australia's $2.7 trillion superannuation system, suggesting it be overhauled. Mercer Australia chief executive Ben Walsh told an industry breakfast ...