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Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
It's out!...and it didn't surprise. Yes Virginia, there were no surprises in the Fed's decision to keep monetary policy unchanged after it concluded its 28-29 tete-a-tete. But what was surprising was Wall Street's reaction - the Dow and the S&P 500 ...

JPM appoints sales exec from netwealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... Queensland and the Northern Territory. In his new role, Ordon will be based in Sydney and will be responsible for the development of the J.P. Morgan funds business in NSW and Queensland. Ordon will report to J.P. Morgan national sales manager Brett Mennie ...

Mercer appoints new sales leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... nearly 30 years' experience in the financial services industry, most recently including roles as the head of business development at JANA Investment Advisers, Plum Financial Services and MLC Group Insurance. Walsh said recent product and platform developments ...

NAS provides new corporate actions service

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
National Australia Bank Asset Servicing (NAS) has launched a new service allowing clients to access near real-time corporate actions announced by the issuers of ASX quoted securities. NAS, the largest custodian in Australia, believes the new service ...

Shares increasingly popular for Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
More than half of CommSec's new customer base is aged under 35, and more than a quarter of 25 to 34-year-olds directly own shares according to the company's latest analysis. CommSec has undertaken a review of share trading and economic developments ...

Nikko announces Americas sales head, new products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... focus," said Takuya Koyama, executive vice president and global head of sales. "He will be upgrading our business development capability to meet the sophisticated needs of investors in the Americas." Nikko has also announced that it is launching two ...

Independent dealers in M&A mode

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... practices between different ownership structures is less definitive than it might appear. Former AMP advice (strategy & development) director and Lahinch Partners principal Andrew Waddell said migration tends to be "cyclical" and noted that despite recent ...

Financial services fail to share mental health data

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... score better on more formal initiatives where 92% of companies enable flexible workplaces, 96% provide training and development opportunities and 88% report indications of employee engagement. Access to employee assistance programs or other counselling ...

NSW Advisers Big Day Out kicks off next week

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... attended by more than 1,500 financial advisers around the country each year, is part of Financial Standard's professional development roadshow. You should act quickly to book your seat as registrations are closing soon. Feel free to pass on the invite ...

Super available on the Apple watch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Acurity's latest version will also be fully compliant with SuperStream contribution response messaging, a massive development task for the software provider. "This latest release invested over 20,000 hours of research and development and nearly 400 enhancements ...