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Family office fintech solutions on the rise: IRESS

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
Family offices are increasing demand for a technology solution that blends trading and back office management, IRESS managing director of Australia and New Zealand financial markets Kirsty Gross revealed. Speaking to Financial Standard, Gross explained ...

Uncertainty over JPM job cuts in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
J.P. Morgan is aiming to cut 5,000 jobs globally, but it has not confirmed whether the move will impact its Australian division. "There is nothing further that we can say locally," a JPM spokesperson told Financial Standard, when asked to comment on ...

Government scraps philanthropic donation fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
Philanthropists will no longer need to pay fees to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to donate listed shares and managed funds. The Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership, which includes Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison and Assistant ...

CBA compensation payments total $79,702 so far

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) Open Advice Review program has paid $79,702 to five clients who received bad advice from the bank's financial planners, while most clients are still reviewing the compensation proposal. Independent expert for the compensation ...

Van Eck launches small cap ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
Van Eck has launched Australia's first small cap exchange traded fund (ETF) that tracks the index using a smart beta approach. The Market Vectors Small Cap Dividend Payers ETF (MVS) includes only the most liquid ASX listed small companies and only those ...

FoFA among top 20 global regulatory nightmares

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform is one of the 20 most challenging pieces of regulation globally, according to a survey of 600 compliance professionals across the world. The 'Cost of compliance 2015' report by Thomson Reuters asked compliance ...

Acadian buys CFS stake, becomes independent

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
Global fund manager Acadian Asset Management has bought the 50% stake that Colonial First State (CFS) had in the firm's Australian division. After becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary, Acadian has appointed CFS as sole distributor of its investment strategies ...

India multi asset fund to list on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
India Fund Limited has launched an initial public offering (IPO) with plans to list on the ASX as a listed investment company (LIC). The fund is looking to raise up to $100 million with a minimum subscription of $35 million and has Morgans as its lead ...

Old families make way for self-made billionaires

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
Today's billionaires are not the heirs of wealthy families, but young self-made entrepreneurs who have a strong appetite for clever risk-taking, an obsessive focus on business and a strong work ethic. That's according to UBS and PwC's 2015 report, 'Billionaires ...

TASA breach costs business $900,000

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
A tax and accounting business has been fined a record $900,000 penalty for breaches of the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA) that all financial advisers need to comply with. The Federal Court of Australia ruled against Peter Kolya and his Canberra-based ...