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Succession planning is not a waiting game

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... buyers against acquiring practices simply because of the current undersupply. "The history of the Australian financial service industry is quite literally littered with terrible acquisitions and mergers," he argued. "Prospective buyers of practices need ...

Aberdeen beefs up local distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management has added an investment specialist to its distribution team. Josh Hall joins the fund manager from AMP Capital where he was senior product solutions manager for two and a half years. Hall has a range of experience in Australian ...

Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
The Australian financial services industry has painted itself as only mildly innovative according to a study by National Australia Bank (NAB). About 39% of small-to-medium enterprises in finance have suggested there is a culture of innovation among ...

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned superannuation trustees about the promotion of member direct or self-managed investment options. ASIC commissioner Peter Kell said that occasionally the promotion of self-managed ...

ANZ restructures advice licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
ANZ will bring together the management teams of two of its financial planning licensees and as a result Millennium3 chief executive Richard Klipin will step down from his role. ANZ will consolidate the management teams of Millennium3 and Financial Services ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
David Heather has been waiting for managed accounts to take off since 2001. The managedaccounts.com.au chief executive has watched interest grow across the investment spectrum, from large institutions to retail accumulators, but he's never seen any ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate with seven funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Perpetual Corporate Trust has been appointed to provide responsible entity services for seven funds. In the past three months, Perpetual has won mandates with Dalton Nicol Reid's Australian Equities High Conviction Fund, Aviva Investors' Multi-Strategy ...

FSC, FPA support ASIC user-pay model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Both the Financial Services Council and Financial Planning Association of Australia have voiced their support for an industry funding model for ASIC. On August 28, Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg welcomed industry consultation on the proposal while ...

Accountants nearing SMSF exemption deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Accountants will need an Australian financial services licence if they want to continue providing advice on establishing and winding up self-managed super funds after 1 July 2016. According to SMSF Association head of education services Liz Ward, some ...

Bankers see ASIC user pays model as burden

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) said that the government's proposal to implement a user pays funding model for the corporate regulator would increase "the cost burden on the Australian financial services industry." The ABA urged caution in ...