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Super fund private equity demand growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Superannuation funds are shunning traditional asset classes and increasingly turning to private equity opportunities, the latest key market insights from law firm MinterEllison show. In the last 12 months superannuation funds have ramped investment ...

ASIC wins first court action for FoFA breaches

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Corporate regulator ASIC successfully brought its first action against a licensee for breach of the Future of Financial Advice reforms in the Federal Court. Melbourne-based financial advice firm NSG Services (NSG) was found by the court to have breached ...

ANZ updates position on wealth business

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott has confirmed the bank is not getting out of wealth entirely and is seeking a partnership where products would be manufactured for the business. Elliott said ANZ's wealth management business is not putting a "for sale" ...

ANZ trials voice biometrics

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
ANZ will be the first Australian bank to introduce voice biometrics for higher value transactions on mobile devices. From the middle of this year, customers transferring more than $1000 through ANZ's mobile apps will be able to use their voice to automatically ...

Gender diversity drives Australia's mid-market companies

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
The latest KPMG report shows Australian mid-market companies with gender diversity are outperforming peers. The KMPG Enterprise 2017 ASX 300+, which analysed 626 Australian entities and 38 foreign companies listed in Australia, found that companies ...

Super reforms will drive advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
The complex and ongoing changes to superannuation will drive individuals to seek advice, IOOF head of technical services Martin Breckon says. Breckon, who was recently appointed to the role, said he welcomed the government's superannuation reforms and ...

Yarra Capital recruits senior VFMC manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... senior analyst and portfolio manager, and has also worked at NAB as an economist and analyst before joining the institutional banking team. Yarra Capital managing director Dion Hershan said the firm is delighted to be welcoming an investor with Strano's ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... where these firms get into trouble." The asset manager has been distributing in Australia since 2009, with most institutional clients being super funds and a strategic retail client partnership with ANZ. The bank acts as a conduit to the retail market ...

AMP Capital launches global equity fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
Investment manager AMP Capital is kicking off its new global equities range with the launch of a long-term global equity fund. The AMP Capital Global Equity Fund will focus on absolute risk and return, not benchmarks, and invest in a concentrated portfolio ...

Unclear disclosure costs bank $5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
The Australian and Securities Investment Commission has forced Citibank to refund about $5 million to 230,000 customers for failing to properly disclose credit card international transaction fees. Citibank began charging international transaction fees ...