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AFMA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
The Australian Financial Markets Association appointed a new chief executive who is a former APRA executive. Brett Harper takes the post on October 11. He was most recently spent three years as a director at Promontory Australia, providing consulting ...

Adviser support services a boon for Sequoia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
Sequoia Financial Group continues to benefit from the highly competitive sector of financial adviser support services, which doubled its revenues in the last two years. Sequoia's wealth division, which provides licensee services to over 400 authorised ...

Westpac cops $10.5m fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
ASIC has ordered Westpac to pay a $10.5 million fine after the High Court's decision that found two Westpac subsidiaries provided unlicensed personal financial advice. Westpac Securities and BT Funds Management were found to have breached their ...

Benefits of advice reforms yet to materialise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
The myriad of regulatory reforms in the financial advice industry is raising concerns about the effects on the accessibility and quality of advice. This is according to Rainmaker's latest analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, which saw almost ...

AUSIEX hires head of risk from BTFG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
AUSIEX has appointed a new risk and compliance expert who came from major institutions such as Westpac and Commonwealth Bank. The wholesale trading platform appointed Paul Williams as head of risk and compliance after finishing up at BT Financial Group. ...

Investment scams set to double

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
Australians have lost over $70 million to investment scams in the first half of 2021, a figure that is expected to double by the end of the year with increased reports of cryptocurrency scams, imposter bond scams and Ponzi schemes, according to the ...

ASX outage result of process failures, disagreement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Following an independent review on a major trading glitch last November, the Australian Securities Exchange has come out relatively unscathed. The joint investigation by ASIC, the Reserve Bank of Australia and IBM into the implementation of the Nasdaq ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
The continued spread of the Delta variant in most parts of the world - even in New Zealand despite being locked down after only one case - and reduced vaccine efficacy - as demonstrated by the rise in infections in Israel (one of the very first country ...

SelfWealth reports 135% revenue increase

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
In its full year results, trading platform SelfWealth reported revenue increased 135% driven by a 105% increase in active traders on the platform. The company also reported operating cash flow of $1.1 million, up from negative cash flow of $147,000 ...

BlackRock adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
BlackRock has named the head of iShares and index investments for Asia Pacific, promoting from within. Peter Loehnert has been appointed to the role, which is based in Hong Kong, and will be responsible for iShares' ETF market share and adoption ...