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Defining DB for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2017
Defined benefits are an increasingly hot topic for financial advisers, with clarification around non-account based pensions leading queries to the BT Advice Technical team. According to BT's technical consultant Tim Howard, the team saw a growing interest ...

Federal Court dismisses ASIC allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
The Federal Court dismissed ASIC's allegations in regards to a breach of directorial duties at an investment management company which collapsed in 2013. ASIC originally said that Peter Charles Drake, Francene Maree Mulder and Eghard van der Hoven, directors ...

FSC speaks out against elder financial abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
The Financial Services Council affirmed its support of the Australian Law Reform Commission's proposed amendments to help combat elder abuse. The FSC commended the commission's development of a national plan to address elder abuse, particularly a reform ...

Whistleblower protections under microscope

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The Federal Government aims to strengthen whistleblower protections in the tax and corporate sectors by reviewing several identity and disclosure rules. Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, confirmed this morning that ...

Financial services exposed to high cyber risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The increased potential for financial gain is making financial services businesses a greater target for malware attacks, with these now more likely than any other form of cyber security incident. This is the key finding of new survey results published ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Beam me up Scotty! That's the underlying message from Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget update where the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) report showed the budget deficit beamed up by a cumulative A$10.3 billion over the ...

Software provider signs four Aussie hedge funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
An international cloud-based software provider will expand into Australia via four newly-signed hedge fund clients. Driven by the demand for affordable, institutional quality integrated OMS and PMS software, Singapore-based AlphaDesk began actively ...

Super skimming adviser permanently banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
A Gold Coast adviser was permanently banned by ASIC for acting dishonestly and engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. Stewart Banks was a representative of Professional Investment Services (PIS) - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centrepoint Alliance ...

Equities on the nose in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Investors moving in and out of equities-based managed funds are showing less confidence in the asset class as volatile markets continue alongside sustained political uncertainty. The Equity Preference Index, maintained by Colonial First State Global ...

Garcia to exit AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Tom Garcia is resigning as AIST chief executive to take up a role with Australia's largest superannuation fund. As of mid-March 2017, Garcia will lead AustralianSuper's product innovation strategy as head of product. Garcia said he enjoyed his four ...