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ASIC issues warning over shoddy DDO practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... design and distribution obligations (DDO) shows. The regulator is calling on product issuers to ensure their distribution practices are sound, as its latest round of surveillance found improvements are needed across the board when it comes to meeting ...

TradingHub makes Australian debut

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... growth in the APAC region and around the world, it said. There's been a string of incidents involving market manipulation practices in recent times, including the firing of ANZ staff over the treasury bond scandal and key members being charged from the ...

Federal Court approves AMP BOLR class action settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... approved the settlement amount AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) must now pay financial advisers who saw the value of their practices deteriorate on the back of parent company AMP controversially changing its BOLR rules in 2020. A large chunk of the settlement ...

Financial Standard wins Impact Award

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... was awarded Dealer Group of the Year. "We are fortunate to work alongside many outstanding partners, including advice practices, fund managers, and other financial services providers. It is truly rewarding to recognise these individuals and organisations ...

AMP hires GM risk, compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... providing our members with great returns, low fees and high-quality services, all governed by sound risk and compliance practices," an AMP spokesperson said in a statement. "Cloe has served in several senior risk, compliance, governance and audit roles ...

Rest hires two general managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... also worked in wealth analytics at BT and held a range of roles at TAL. She is responsible for Rest's data management practices and enhancing the fund's foundational and advanced data capabilities. She reports to Jeremy Hubbard, chief technology and ...

FSU campaigns against workplace surveillance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... currently undertaking an Inquiry into Workplace Surveillance, investigating the current state of monitoring and surveillance practices in various industries, including financial services. In its submission, the FSU has called for legislation that would ...

Sequoia ends FY24 with 350 advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... of the 2024 financial year. Sequoia added 70 advisers to the stable but lost 56, most of whom were from "non-economic practices who closed or merged their businesses rather than leaving us to join a competitor," chief executive and managing director ...

ANZ hit with $250m capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
... add-on applied to ANZ to $750 million in response to heightened concerns about the bank's non-financial risk management practices. APRA said it has longstanding concerns with ANZ's non-financial risk management, having imposed a $500 million operational ...

New bill seeks to block investments involving Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... week, APRA imposed additional licence conditions on Cbus, mandating that an independent expert review their expenditure practices to assess whether they've acted in the best interests of members. Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok said the fund supported ...