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ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
ASIC's favourite method of tackling misconduct came under fire as the Royal Commission capped off its round of superannuation hearings on Friday. First up was Tim Mullaly, a senior executive leader in ASIC's financial services enforcement division. ...

Global equities fund purges tobacco, fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
An international equities fund that holds about $300 million of Aussie insto money is purging itself clean of all investments in tobacco and fossil fuels. Vontobel is a Swiss asset manager with $167 billion in assets under management. About 11.4% of ...

Fiducian continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
Fiducian Group has reported a 21% rise in underlying net profit and a $1 billion lift in funds under management, administration and advice. Releasing its full year results today, Fiducian recorded $10.5 million in UNPAT and an 18% increase in FUMAA ...

Female Excellence in Advice finalists announced

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
As the Association of Financial Advisers National Conference nears, the finalists for its 2018 Female Excellence in Advice Award were named this week. More than 370 nominations and 44 applications were received for this year's award, a record number ...

Pengana LIC profitable again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
Pengana's listed investment company posted solid profits for the financial year, springing back from last year's losses of $23 million. Pengana International Equities (PIA) raked in a total investment income of $40 million, up 260% over the ...

GBST Australian revenues dip, UK picks up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
The 34-year-old fintech's Australian business revenues fell last financial year, just as its UK business delivered strong earnings growth. GBST is a provider of administration for wealth management, capital market and retail broking businesses. Its ...

Nikko AM wins Aussie equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Nikko Asset Management has won an Australian equities mandate worth NZ$850 million ($766m). ANZ New Zealand Investments awarded the mandate to the Sydney-based Nikko Australian equities team, headed by Brad Potter. Nikko AM will use an Australian equity ...

BNP Paribas product lead joins RBC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
RBC Investment and Treasury Services recently strengthened its Asia Pacific product team, creating a raft of new roles and recruiting from BNP Paribas Securities Services, BT Financial Group and State Street. RBC has appointed former BNP Paribas Security ...

Challenger increases annuity distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Challenger is rolling out its suite of annuity products to users of an $8.3 billion platform. Financial advisers and their clients using HUB24 will be able to access Challenger annuities via the platform just as they would any other investment. While ...

Super fees outpace asset growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
The rate at which superannuation funds slug members fees is growing faster than the underlying assets being managed, latest research shows. Rainmaker Information's March quarter Benchmarking report shows members paid a total of $32 billion in super ...