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AMP overhauls wealth leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... advisers are adequately trained and meet their best interests obligations," the regulator said. "ASIC expects to see improvements in the standards of supervision, conduct and compliance across the financial advice industry, and the imposition of additional ...

Coalition to boost retail access to corporate bonds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... agreed to this recommendation, noting that it would work with ASIC and market participants to assess the need for improvements to support the corporate bond market.

J.P. Morgan appoints new local chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... revenue growth and success of our markets businesses, achieving substantial market share and external benchmarking improvements in Australia and New Zealand." "His leadership and strong partnerships with colleagues across various lines of business will ...

Commonwealth Bank delays wealth demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... provisioned $610 million to remediating customers. About $650 million has been spent on program costs and internal process improvements related to this work, while a further $200 million has been set aside as an indemnity provision for wealth management-related ...

Smaller platforms continue to excel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... platforms have lifted their game to help financial advisers improve efficiencies in their practice," Choi said. "Many improvements are made with the goal of helping advisers reduce their admin burden while lifting client engagement levels at the same ...

FPA disciplines two members

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... asked Brown to submit details of the steps he will take to improve advice practices and systems. If the reported improvements are not satisfactory, he is to undertake further training and education. Separately, Dianne Bainbridge of Gold Financial Services ...

AXA IM acquires three Sydney hotels

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... earmarked which will be further enhanced by a forecast growth in tourism and a number of transport infrastructure improvements in Canberra and Western Sydney," he said. AXA IM - Real Assets manages a €2.3 billion portfolio of hotels internationally ...

K2 posts losses, signs on distributor

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... encouraging. "We anticipate FY19 to deliver a number of opportunities originating from strategic and organisational improvements made in FY17 and FY18." The K2 Australian Small Cap Fund lost 10.7%, the Global Equities Fund lost 8.6% and the High Alpha ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... in the workforce, in most cases they do not have the same expenses. They are also not contributing to productivity improvements that would likely see AWOTE rise above CPI, Orford said. "In my view, each generation benefits from the improvements in the ...

FASEA exam is not fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... limited licence and experienced advisers. Outside the RPL, the AFA said: "FASEA appear to have made some material improvements to what they had previously proposed." Synchron director John Prossor said: "While we have yet to examine it in detail, on ...

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Praemium's new leadership toughens earnings yardstick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Praemium's new leadership will be keeping a close eye on costs, with new chief executive Denis Orrock noting he will make sure the technology upgrade underway translates into stronger earnings and better returns for shareholders.

Australian Ethical FUM drops by $70m

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Australian Ethical saw a net outflow of $100 million in its investment business in the first quarter of the financial year.

Perennial expands wholesale offer for pre-IPOs

MATTHEW WAI
Perennial Partners is launching a new strategy for wholesale investors to capitalise on global pre-IPO opportunities, requiring a minimum investment of $100,000.

Macquarie wealth investment chief to depart

MATTHEW WAI
Macquarie chief investment officer for wealth will take on a new role at a New Zealand-based investment management firm after serving in the position for close to three years.

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