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Advice industry in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... principal who manufactures or sells financial products, the adviser's interests (and the principal's) will be advanced by persuading a client to acquire one of the principal's products." Hayne said the conflicts of interest present may be ...

Aussie fund managers face machine learning challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... comprising traders, portfolio managers, analysts and market data practitioners in Asia shows Japanese firms are the most advanced in using machine learning to generate alpha. More than 50% of 140 respondents in Tokyo surveyed said they've started to ...

BTFG faces possible union action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... financial advice offering with a view to discontinuing the Virtual Advice offering. It would also see the removal of the Advanced Financial Planner role for those operating outside of BTFG's Partnerships business. According to FSU communications ...

Planning diploma relevant despite FASEA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... qualification of choice for many other roles in the industry. Mentor Education principal Mark Sinclair said the diploma and the advanced diploma have served the industry well and will continue to do so, particularly for associate advisers, paraplanners ...

BT Financial Group proposes advice restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... currently providing personal advice will remain within BT Advice. In addition, the changes would see the role of the Advanced Financial Adviser cease to exist for those operating outside of BT's Partnerships program. Those within the Partnerships ...

Linear pushes MGP into the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... "We continue to pursue acquisition opportunities where they make sense." In May 2018, the company announced it was well advanced in acquiring an existing Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) and executed a non-binding relationship agreement, he said. ...

ACDC to power new battery ETF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... Australia Kris Walesby said energy storage was undergoing a massive global transformation, adding the global market for advanced battery materials was expected to increase 50% to about USD$33 billion over the next four years. "Battery technology has ...

Confidence remains in face of regulatory headwinds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... can successfully apply it to provide rapid access to meaningful data to help them with their business decisions through advanced analytics," head of RBC Investor & Treasury Services Australia, David Travers said.

Industry fund contract under works at Link

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
Link is in advanced stages of negotiating a contract with an industry fund, the administrator said in its FY18 earnings report. It remains in advanced stages of negotiating a long-term contract with Rest, the company said. The Rest contract has been ...

AFA gets an audience with O'Dwyer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... standards of the proposal, including the definition of a related degree and the lack of recognition for unrelated degrees, advanced diplomas and professional designations. According to a member release, the association expressed its concerns about the ...