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ASIC bans former Macquarie planner

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
ASIC has given a former Macquarie Equities employee a three-year ban. Ben Rickman was found by the regulator "not to be adequately trained or competent to provide financial services," having done so as a Macquarie Equities representative from 2012 to ...

Buffett brings adviser PI products to Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has announced it is introducing professional indemnity products in Australia, including one for financial planners. The new policies are Executive First Directors & Officers Liability ...

JBWere announces UBS deal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
JBWere has announced a strategic alliance with UBS focusing on improving its private wealth strategy services. This alliance (which is non-exclusive) will give Australian JBWere clients access to UBS research, equity deals and IPOs. "The alliance with ...

AMP Capital appoints social infrastructure director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
AMP Capital has promoted a member of its Community Infrastructure Fund's investment team to investment director, social and aged care infrastructure. Andrea McElhinney replaces Julie-Anne Mizzi, who will oversee the fund itself as head of social and ...

Robo-advice challenged by price expectations

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Robo-advice providers will have to contend with the widespread expectation that their services should be free. This was one of the key findings of recently-released ANZ research, based on survey of 750 ANZ customers in New Zealand. According to the ...

Asteron creates LIF-ready adviser commissions

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Asteron Life has announced a new selection of adviser commission options for its life insurance products. The new options are customised commission rates, new hybrid rates or wholesale rates for fee-for-service models. The customised rate includes a ...

Frontier appoints two analysts

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Frontier Advisors has expanded its analyst team with two new appointments. James Chang joins Frontier from Lonsec, where he was a quantitative research analyst, specialising in quantitative models, IT support and fund manager due diligence. Brandon ...

Australian Catholic Superannuation nabs Sunsuper CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Australian Catholic Superannuation has appointed a new director to its board. David Hartley joins the $7 billion fund from a 10-year stretch as Sunsuper's chief investment officer. Prior to that, he was director, investment consulting at Russell. He ...

ETFs to see $8bn surge in 2016

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Exchange-traded funds may see over $8 billion in new investments in 2016, according to Van Eck Australia managing director Arian Neiron. Neiron attributed this figure to the rapid growth of new money in ETFs in response to declining share markets. "Market ...

Adviser pleads guilty following ASIC sting

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
A former financial adviser has pleaded guilty in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court to dishonest conduct following an ASIC investigation. Darren Wise was a former representative for a practice known at the time as Financial Planning Services. From 2000 ...