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Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... or commercially procured data and the second using proprietary and qualitative information direct from the licensee. The focus of the system's methodology is to predict actions within a licensee that are detrimental to client's interests, primarily misconduct. ...

Credit Suisse promotes private banking specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... replaces Alex Wade who, since January 2017, has been responsible for Australia and developed and emerging Asia. Wade will now focus solely on Asia. Marr joined the business in 2009 as a senior relationship manager, becoming team leader in 2013 and market ...

AMP moves to reset business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
AMP is reducing fees on its flagship MySuper products and expediting $290 million in compensation to customers that received bad financial advice. Reflecting plans for the simplification of its superannuation product offering, AMP said it will implement ...

Australian Unity expands investment bond offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... investment bond menu provides more choice and diversification via a range of fund managers, asset classes and risk profiles. Our focus is to offer a broad and well diversified investment menu that supports advisers in providing holistic advice to their ...

Super under microscope at Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... government fund accounts for about $80 billion or 30%. The next round of the Royal Commission, beginning August 6, will focus on superannuation fund governance; the relationship between trustees, financial advisers and selling practices; indigenous issues ...

Custodian strengthens front-office with $3.5 billion acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... held company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts with offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Its primary focus is providing solutions that automate front and middle-office investment management functions across asset classes on a single ...

Aviva appoints insto lead from Russell

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... offer compelling solutions that cater to the evolving needs of institutional investors. His appointment complements our focus on externalising the business and will help to position us for further growth in Australia." In Australia, Aviva Investors runs ...

Deductible super contributions front of mind: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
After reforms paved the way for more Australians to top up their superannuation, financial adviser queries around deductible personal super contributions have increased. According to BT Financial Advice's (BTFA) technical team, the top query from financial ...

Impact investing reports sharp growth

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
The value of Australian impact investments quadrupled since mid-2015, according to the peak industry body representing responsible, ethical and impact investors. Latest Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) research shows investments ...

VanEck adds two to Australian team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
VanEck has made hires for its investment and operations team to support its Australian ETF business. Cameron McCormack is joining VanEck's investment team as a senior associate. He previously worked at Pacific Life Re Australia as a pricing and ...