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Global firm appoints Australia chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
A global financial services firm has appointed a former UBS executive to lead its Australian arm, tasked with fueling new growth across the business. Andrew Dalgleish is the new chief executive of BTIG Australia. He has spent the last 20 years leading ...

Cashwerkz, Complii partner to automate compliance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
Listed fintech Cashwerkz has partnered with Complii FinTech Solutions; a secure, centralised digital platform, to automate the compliance process for stockbrokers and financial advisers. Complii software automates, records and reports on regulation ...

Deutsche Bank offloads $76b in assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
Deutsche Bank has offloaded $76 billion in assets to Goldman Sachs as part of the lender's restructuring plan. Germany's biggest bank has been undergoing a major restructuring as it struggles to compete in tough market conditions. The assets were tied ...

Axsesstoday appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Axsesstoday has appointed a new chief executive following privatisation and investment from Cerberus Capital Management. Craig Edwards will lead the company in its next phase, replacing interim chief executive Stewart Winspear. Edwards joins from Pepper ...

FASEA attempting to re-write law: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is using its Code of Ethics to re-write the law rather than providing genuine guidance to financial advisers, the industry association believes. According to the Association of Financial Advisers ...

PIMCO to launch first Australian listed trust

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
PIMCO is preparing to bring its first closed-end listed investment trust to the Australian market, with the aim to meet Australian investors' growing demand for yield and income. PIMCO said the trust will look to leverage its strength in global ...

Former Apogee, GPS Wealth advisers banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... reviewed files of clients that wanted to purchase an investment property and were referred to Khaw by an associated mortgage broker. Despite their differing needs and circumstances, Khaw advised almost all of them to establish a self-managed superannuation ...

Morningstar bets on advice software

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
The research house is set to acquire AdviserLogic as it looks to add financial planning software to its adviser offering. Morningstar has entered a definitive agreement to acquire AdviserLogic for undisclosed terms, with the transaction expected to ...

Growing advice group in commissions fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
A relatively new advice association has picked up members at a rapid pace as it takes up the fight to retain life insurance commissions. The United Financial Advisers Association (UFAA) now has over 4000 members after launching just a few months ago. ...

ASX faces challenge on ETF stronghold

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
ASX-listed exchange traded funds have raised close to $56 billion but now its lesser-known rival Chi-X is ready to start listing ETFs, with a Kapstream fund kicking off on it today. Chi-X started off trading small amounts of equities in Australia in ...