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Lonsec to acquire in-house managed account offerings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... existing managed account providers, while licensees retain the flexibility to use their own branding, investment mandate and platform. Alternatively, they can move to Lonsec's managed portfolios. The firm said it was becoming increasingly difficult for ...

Australians lose record amount to scams

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
Older Australians, Indigenous Australians and those with a disability have reported record losses to scams in 2018, including more than $85 million to dodgy investments. Australians in total lost almost half a billion dollars to scams in 2018. However ...

Colonial First State awards $170m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... managers. DWS's Australia and New Zealand passive management business is headed by Caleb Orr. From June CFS will trim its platform fees, in a move it says will save $68 million in annual fees for 500,000 members.

Financial advice drags BTFG results

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... ($180m), higher general insurance claims for major weather events ($66m), lower margins from the decision to reprice certain platform fees ($8m) and discontinuing grandfathered commissions ($21m). As a result of a reduced adviser numbers and activity ...

ANZ serious on cost cuts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
ANZ's chief executive said his plans for a streamlined bank should save the company roughly $1 billion by 2022. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliot said: "We will continue to simplify and strengthen the bank, including exiting, shrinking and closing non-core ...

Morningstar director joins BondAdviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... opportunities. "We do offer some SMA portfolio offerings currently, so we're going to expand that, and that will be across platform as well as the product offerings," Fletcher told Financial Standard. The fixed income researcher will also look at other ...

Westpac profits down 24%, dividend flat

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... excludes major remediation and restructuring items ($620 million after tax), insurance claims and margin pressure related to platform repricing and grandfathered commissions. Consumer bank earnings were down 11% to $1.5 billion as higher wholesale funding ...

Kyckr improves platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
Regulatory technology company Kyckr has launched a new digital platform which it expects will result in significant online portal growth. Kyckr provides Know Your Customer (KYC) products for financial services firms. These products allow companies to ...

Macquarie Capital appoints group co-heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
Macquarie Capital has appointed two group co-heads as the incumbent leaves the role after seven years. Tim Bishop will step down as the group head of Macquarie Capital and from the executive committee effective May 31. He will become the chair of Macquarie ...

Challenging conditions sting IOOF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
IOOF recorded net inflows in the third quarter, but its performance suffered in comparison to the prior corresponding period. The embattled wealth manager recorded net inflows of $337 million in funds under management, administration and advice for ...