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CBA opens Amsterdam office, eyes European instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Armed with a new licence, the Commonwealth Bank is making a play for European institutional investors by establishing a new office in the Netherlands. The newly licensed Dutch subsidiary, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Europe) N.V., is scheduled to ...

SelfWealth launches US trading

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... equities through the same platform as ASX listed companies. All of SelfWealth's 65,000+ Australian investors can pre-register for a US trading account, they will then be able to trade US stocks from 14 December 2020. The launch will be followed by ...

Chief economist update: Australian capex in COVID-19's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
It wasn't that long ago when financial markets expended much speculation on the outcome of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure" quarterly survey, for not only does it provide an ...

FASEA reveals October exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... exam (irrespective of how often it was sat) have passed, representing 49% of advisers on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register (FAR). FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield congratulated the successful candidates for completing an important component ...

End of the road for advice qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... of Financial Planning and Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning have been removed from the national regulator's register of vocational education and training. On November 3, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) deregistered the FNS50615 ...

Kogan execs chase big bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... objections to the retention options, Ridder said. However, he added that the objectors were mostly "recent entrants to the register" not those shareholders who have enjoyed the companies gains since IPO. Kogan is currently trading at $17.69. In October ...

ASIC opens consultation on scaled advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... has undergone in recent years, highlighting the 14.9% decrease in financial adviser numbers on the Financial Adviser Register to 21,284. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press added that good-quality affordable personal advice may help consumers make better ...

Fidelity launches one-stop-shop platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
Fidelity Investments has launched a one-stop-shop wealth management platform that helps investment advisers streamline the advice and portfolio construction process. Fidelity Managed Account Xchange (FMAX), which launched on November 16 in the US, allows ...

Fake tax agent penalised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
The Federal Court of Australia has fined a woman $40,000 for providing illegitimate tax agent services for four years. Arlene Caolboy was fined $40,000 after she was found to have provided tax agent services to 350 taxpayers over the last four years ...

Three advisers banned for non-financial crimes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... count of voyeurism in 2018 and sentenced to nine months imprisonment. He was also required to sign the sex offenders register. The judge sentencing Horsey said that his act of voyeurism had involved substantial planning, including carefully positioned ...