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FPA "extremely wary" of general advice commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Advice (FoFA) says the organisation is "extremely wary of product distribution models which rely on general advice." The 20-page document obtained by Financial Standard recommends to the government that "the general advice exemption from conflicted remuneration ...

Crowdfunding investment platform launched

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
Crowdfunding has taken another step into the mainstream with the launch of a specialist platform solely focused on crowdfunding investment finance. The platform, VentureCrowd, was developed by early stage venture capital firm Artesian Venture Partners ...

NAB named best private bank

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) Private Wealth, for the second year in a row, has been named the best private bank in Australia at the Asian Private Banker Awards for Distinction. The award was attributed to NAB's advisory services, relationship management ...

WA Super appoints Shanahan as chair

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
WA Super has appointed Tim Shanahan as the successor of the current chairman, Nick Catania, who will step down at the end of June this year. Shanahan has been chairman of the board's Compliance and Risk Management Committee since 2004. Shanahan has ...

Federation added to Australian Unity platform

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Federation Managed Accounts (Federation) have been added to the Australian Unity Personal Financial Services' (AU PFS) approved platform list. AU PFS chief executive officer Steve Davis said the operational structure of the platform coupled with the ...

BGL 360 Fund commercial release imminent

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
BGL Corporate Solutions (BGL) has announced the commercial release date for its cloud-based self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration platform, the Simple Fund 360. The Simple Fund 360 will be released on 19 March 2014 and will include ...

Strong demand for online education: Wealth Know How

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Instreet managing director George Lucas and former Australian editor James Dunn have joined forces to launch an independent video-based website focused on wealth creation education. The free site, Wealth Know How, anticipates supporting investors at ...

SunGard launches a faster STP processor

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
SunGard Financial Systems (SunGard) has announced the launch of a fully automated order processing and control solution for hedge fund managers, fund administrators and private equity firms. Asset Arena Data Connect, the new processing solution, has ...

Two 'recommendations' awarded to Carnegie Trust

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Lonsec and Zenith have given 'Recommended' ratings to the Carnegie WorldWide Equity Trust in the research houses' first review of the Trust. With the aim to provide access to Carnegie Asset Management's global equity strategy to Australian wholesale ...

FPA's Ask an Expert week sees 150 inquiries

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... questions submitted to advisers during the second edition of its Ask an Expert week. However, the Ask an Expert website had 7,038 page views during the first week of February, which means that only 2% of the visits ended up in a consumer asking a question ...