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Advisers switch platforms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
New research has revealed Australia's financial advisers switched between various investment platforms in their search for better service and support in the wake of the Royal Commission and COVID-19 pandemic. Investment Trends' 2020 Planner Technology ...

APRA warns of ERS second wave

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
APRA has warned it is expecting high volumes of applications for the start of the second tranche of COVID-19 Early Release of Super scheme. The regulator said it is expecting a second wave of applications as Australians rush to remove a further $10,000 ...

Vale Ian Perkins

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Australian financial services veteran Ian Perkins is being remembered for his warmth, passion and joy for life, after passing away suddenly on June 29. Perkins spent the last six years working with BNP Paribas Securities Services, where he was responsible ...

Hostplus exec jumps to First State

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Hostplus' executive manager, client relationships and business growth has departed the fund to take up a new position at First State Super. Hostplus confirmed that Helen Wood, executive manager, client relationships and business growth has recently ...

Model portfolio growth up 70%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Australia's model portfolio landscape is growing at a rapid rate, with the number of models available on managed accounts up 70% per annum, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker research found over the last four years, the number of model portfolios ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..." -- 'A Tale of Two Cities' ...

JBWere to add 50 to team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
NAB has announced it is looking to boost its team at JBWere with the recruitment of 50 new bankers and financial advisers. NAB said the move is part of a strategy to provide high-net -worth clients with a single point of access for their financial needs. ...

Colonial First State cops licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
APRA has imposed licence conditions on Colonial First State Investments Limited to ensure super members' best interests are met, effective immediately. The regulator's decision follows an investigation into matters referred to it by the Royal ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Law firm Slater and Gordon has slammed AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari's criticism of litigation funding and class actions, as AMP continues to battle lawsuits sparked by the Royal Commission. Slater and Gordon head of class actions Ben Hardwick ...

AFCA sees 14% rise in complaints

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has reported a 13.7% rise in monthly complaints in the last financial year with most being about superannuation, insurance claims and credit. Australians in dispute with their super fund, bank, insurer or ...