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FSC adds to board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
The Financial Services Council has welcomed a new board director. BT Financial Group general manager of platforms, investments and operations Kathy Vincent has joined the industry body's board. The FSC said Vincent's experience as a financial services ...

OpenMarkets launches trading platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
OpenMarkets Australia has launched a new trading platform targeting self-directed investors and financial advisers. OpenMarkets Equix allows investors to trade ASX-listed equities, warrants and exchange-traded products including ETFs. Equix will also ...

Beware tech firms in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has issued a warning about large technology companies entering financial services. The BIS said the entry of big tech into financial services presents new risks - not least of all, the competition these companies ...

New leadership for fund manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... have worked together within the company for many years. "For more than 20 years, John and Jason have built the Centuria platform to a point where it is recognised as a leader in its field," Charny said. "Jason is intrinsically part of the DNA of Centuria ...

Facebook to launch own currency

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... public transit access with Libra and Calibra in time, and noted it would put "strong protections in place", to ensure the platform's safety. Facebook said financial services had not yet followed the trend of personal communications in the 21st century ...

Westpac names business arm chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
Westpac has named the chief executive of its newly formed business division after announcing a group restructure in March. Guilherme (Guil) Lima joins the Westpac group from HSBC, where he was most recently group head of wealth management for the last ...

Hostplus makes bid for SMSF money

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... fees are the same but the new SMSF investment options will have higher administration fee as the fund uses a different platform. "In the past where we have seen members leave the fund has been to set up an SMSF," Hostplus group executive, member experience ...

Fee discounts harder for active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... higher minimum investment size, or the issuer rebates the discount to the clients at say, the end of each month, through a platform after reconciling the platform's reporting with the unit registry. Active ETFs don't allow for different share classes ...

IOOF hires national manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
IOOF has hired a NAB investment specialist as national manager for platform solutions, including managed accounts. It has confirmed the appointment of Andrew Rockliff as national manager of platform solutions in April. Rockliff is charged with maximising ...

MAX awards recognise industry excellence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... in marketing, including stints at Telstra and HSBC. There was more to come for BTFG though, with its flagship wealth platform BT Panorama scoring Fintech Platform of the Year while the group took out the coveted Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year. ...