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ASIC takes action on Union Standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against brokerage firm Union Standard International Group and its affiliates. The corporate regulator has taken action against the Sydney-based retail over-the-counter derivatives issuer and its former corporate ...

Advice group partners with insurance broker

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Advice and accounting group Kelly+Partners has partnered with Austbrokers to exchange expertise, including life insurance broking. The two ASX-listed companies will set up a new operation called Austbrokers Kelly+Partners which will be owned 50% by ...

Trading platform partners with Sharesight

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
A new trading platform has partnered with Sharesight to provide portfolio and tax reporting to retail investors. Marketech Focus, which soft launched in June, has revamped its digital infrastructure to allow investors to track portfolio performances ...

ASIC prepares industry for claims handling law

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
The corporate regulator has released more information to help life insurers and financial advisers adapt to new regulation when handling insurance claims. ASIC's information sheet and consultation paper C12 Proof: Claims Handling and Settling Service ...

Nabtrade brokerage to support rural youth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Nabtrade has announced it will donate a day's brokerage to support an organisation supporting the community. Rural Aid will receive the donation this year. It was established in 2015 and provides holistic support to rural Australia and is one of the ...

Financial adviser reference checks under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... collections and bank-teller activities but only when that individual is seeking to become a financial adviser (or mortgage broker) at the new licensee. In June this year, ASIC banned one financial adviser for five years after he had cycled through seven ...

Fidelity launches one-stop-shop platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... subsidiary Fidelity Institutional to wealth management firms, including registered investment advisers, family offices and broker-dealer firms. Fidelity Institutional head of investment and managed solutions Gary Gallagher said advisers have been waiting ...

Loftus Peak lists active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... explore new ways to attract investors. Structuring the Fund [ASX: LPGD] as a quoted fund provides distribution access to broker-directed clients - which in turn can mean access to the $730 billion SMSF market," Equity Trustees global head of business ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

Wealth platform adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... working with Stropro to realise the full potential of this important investment platform." Mortgage Choice is an ASX-listed broker for mortgages and business loans. It has been building a financial planning business and recently rebranded the divisio ...