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AMP upgrades North investment platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... in December last year. AMP group executive, platforms Edwina Maloney said that the group's investment and development program for North is targeting areas that enable advisers to efficiently provide high-quality advice to their clients. "This includes ...

Government promises transparent financial services regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... compliance burden and costs," they said. The grid, which will be administered by Treasury, is a rolling 24-month forward program of regulatory initiatives. Based on the UK's system, the grid affects the banking, credit, insurance, superannuation, investment ...

Managed account FUM closes in on $200bn milestone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
According to the latest figures, there is now about $195 billion held in managed accounts - up $33 billion in the six months to December end. The IMAP Census of Managed Accounts FUM shows the total grew by some 20.47% in the six-month period to hit ...

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... Main and Ho said. Now, South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced details of a "Corporate Value-Up Program", like Japan's, aimed at addressing the discount that many Korean companies trade at relative to their international peers. ...

FICAP RockStar slated for July

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program's (FICAP) annual Who wants to be a RockStar? event is returning in July and, for the first time, the event's winner will take home an incredible prize. FICAP's flagship event will take place in Sydney on ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... the Insurance and Superannuation Commission - now the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority - to lead the research program developing the first official quarterly super industry surveys. This followed three years with the Department of Veterans ...

Senior equity manager exits Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... investment capability. Weickart then stepped into a newly created role of managing its then expanding equities manager research program. Before joining the superannuation fund, Weickart spent seven years as a senior investment consultant at Willis Towers ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... financial services industry," he said at the time. For banks to enter advice, RMIT University senior lecturer in finance and program manager My Nguyen said that they can leverage their existing customer base, data, and technology to provide low-cost ...

ASX issues first corporate bond, underwritten by Westpac

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
ASX has unveiled the pricing for its first corporate bond; a $275 million issue of floating rate, unsecured medium-term notes. This issuance falls under its newly established Medium Term Notes Programme, dated 18 August 2023. The Notes have a coupon ...

Insignia details transformation progress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... increased by $15.5 billion to $300.6 billion, while net revenues increased 0.6% to $695.7 million. Its transformation program delivered $18 million in cost savings, which offset increased salaries and spend on cybersecurity, Insignia said. Remediation ...