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NAB Wealth growth steady

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
National Australia Bank's wealth business reported modest growth in the half year to March, while finalising the sale of its life insurance business contributed significantly to the group's bottom line. NAB does not split out its consumer banking and ...

AI will lead next industrial revolution: Sanlam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... driverless cars, artificial intelligence (AI) will transform all sectors of business, not least financial planning and wealth management. Sanlam Global Investment Solutions head of investments David Itzkovits said early adopters to AI stand to benefit ...

Future of ANZ Wealth uncertain amid profit slide

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
ANZ Wealth's profit share in the bank's overall results continued to decline in the first half of FY17, underscoring six months of speculation as to the division's future. Back in November, ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said in a media briefing ...

Pengana hires Morningstar manager ahead of merger vote

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... four years in that role, having previously been a director at 2Integrity. Callaghan was also strategy consultant at Zest Wealth Advisers, manager at Fordham Investment Management, a consultant at SMS Management & Technology and a business consultant ...

HSBC rolls out Apple Pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... market after experiencing a growing demand from customers to use the technology, HSBC Australia head of retail banking and wealth management Graham Heunis said. "The majority of our customers' credit card payments are contactless and we expect our customers ...

Investors paying more for less: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
UK wealth management research group LCP's recent survey of 126 asset managers suggests while fee rates are down, investors are still paying more. Introducing the report, LCP partner and head of investment research Matt Gibson said investment managers ...

AUSTRAC launches tool to help advisers fight terrorism

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... appear when collecting and analysing client information, which may reveal inconsistent or altered documentation; unexplained wealth; Centrelink fraud; or company/trust structures with unclear beneficiaries. Other red flags could appear during the provision ...

Poor compliance sees AFSL suspended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... ongoing efforts to improve standards across the financial services industry, the regulator suspended the licence of Australia Wealth Capital Group until 3 October 2017. ASIC decided the group had failed to establish and maintain compliance measures to ...

Ellerston and Coombe buy Austock stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... planning business. He is also a former group executive at Westpac charged with running the retail and business bank and wealth management businesses. A statement from Austock said Coombe's personal commitment through his share investment communicates ...

Wealth transfer poses advice business risk

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... lack of inheritance planning services could mean the end of those relationships throughout the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history. New GlobalData research shows while millionaires represent just 0.2% of the world's population, they ...