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Crowd equity funding, the Ashley Madison of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
If Ashley Madison users made adultery cheaper and easier, what's holding crowd equity funding from doing the same with financial services? The Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) has recommended that crowd equity funding should be ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Andrew Robb's China free trade deal provides vast opportunities for Australia's financial services industry. It builds on strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan ...

Ignition Wealth appoints inaugural chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Automated investing service Ignition Wealth has appointed a veteran investment banker as its inaugural chairman. Peter Meurer has more than 40 years' experience in financial markets and has been executive chairman of Asian investment bank Nomura Australia ...

Islamic super fund sees 245% FUM growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
An Australian superannuation and investment firm has experienced 245% growth in funds under management for the year to 30 June 2015. Crescent Wealth has exceeded the $100 million FUM milestone, with total member numbers growing close to tenfold during ...

ASIC financial services enforcements down 10%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
ASIC's actions against the financial services industry have decreased by 10% in the first half of 2015, from 90 in the previous six months to 81. Referencing the compensation programs underway at Macquarie and CBA, ASIC noted in its half-yearly enforcement ...

Independent advice licensee under ASIC radar

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
A Queensland advice group has seen its Australian financial services licence questioned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The regulator has imposed new licence conditions on Sentinel Private Wealth following concerns over ...

Capstone/BGL to deliver online AFSL authorisation

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Capstone Financial Planning and SMSF administration services provider BGL are partnering to deliver online Australian Financial Services Licence authorisation to accountants. The partnership will enable BGL clients to apply online for an AFSL via a ...

China FTA gives Australia "first mover advantage"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The China Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will give Australian financial services companies a competitive edge that their peers in the United States or Japan don't have. Speaking in front of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties ...

Wealth Enhancers departs Synchron, goes independent

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Generation Y-targeted advice firm Wealth Enhancers has set up its own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Wealth Enhancers was previously aligned with Synchron. According to Wealth Enhancers financial coach Rebecca Boles, the decision to go ...

Macquarie pays $11m advice compensation so far

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Macquarie Group's comprehensive advice remediation program has paid $11 million to disgruntled advice clients a year after it was put in place. Documents made public by the group prior to the annual general meeting today reveal that, to 30 June 2015 ...