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Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The country hasn't fully opened yet but easing restrictions, increased rate of vaccinations and stronger consumer and business spending combined to speed up the UK's recovery. This is underscored by the latest IHS Markit/CIPS PMI survey. Preliminary ...

Last day to vote in MAX Awards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
Voting for the 16 th annual Financial Standard MAX Awards will close at midnight tonight. So far the nominees have received 17,303 votes in total. The MAX Awards celebrate outstanding marketing, advertising and sales professionals in the financial services ...

Sydney digital adviser wins UK client

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
A Sydney digital advice business has won a UK wealth management firm with $51 billion in assets as a client. Ignition Advice will provide digital advice to M&G Wealth. M&G Wealth has £28 billion in assets under management and is part of London Stock ...

Asendium launches swift SOA solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
The fintech has officially launched a solution that slashes the time to generate a statement of advice from eight hours to two hours. Asendium is aiming to reduce three major bottlenecks for advisers: processes, people and fragmented systems. Asendium ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory against the virus voided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
Australia's state of Victoria is back in lockdown. So are Victorians' irritation and anger at having their lives and livelihood restricted for the fourth time since the coronavirus began early last year. So are estimates of the cost to the state ...

Potential small carve out for annual renewal law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
ASIC will potentially provide leeway in the imminent annual renewal law, by not taking regulatory action against financial advisers who fail to provide a financial disclosure statement. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has identified practicality ...

Former adviser charged with $3.3m fraud

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
A former Sentinel Wealth financial adviser with a gambling addiction has been charged with stealing $3.3 million from clients. New South Wales Police confirmed to Financial Standard that Gavin Fineff was charged with 18 offences of dishonestly obtaining ...

Financial services job market hot: Hays

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... guide is based on a survey of 3500 organisations, representing over 8.8 million employees. It found that 67% of employers plan to increase salaries in their next review, up from 45% who did so in their last review. The legal sector topped the list of ...

AMP sued for charging dead clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
ASIC has taken Federal Court action against AMP for allegedly charging more than 2000 deceased clients insurance premiums and financial advice fees after being notified of their death. The action relates to five companies that are or were subsidiaries ...

QIC adds to liquid markets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
QIC has appointed a head of liquid markets investor solutions. Amanda Hausler will be responsible for developing relationships and leading specialist interactions with QIC's liquid markets group's clients and investment consultants. She reports to QIC's ...