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Praemium improves on-boarding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
A new functionality on the Praemium platform is helping financial advisers on-board clients more efficiently. Praemium's integration with Iress' financial planning software Xplan enables advisers to initiate new applications more seamlessly. The new ...

NSW budget boosts TCorp loans

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
TCorp has unveiled its new funding program that will increase client loans in line with the New South Wales government's record spend on infrastructure. In FY21, TCorp's funding program consists of $32 billion of new client loans. Maturities for the ...

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has answered questions in regards to the remuneration of ASIC chair James Shipton and former deputy chair Daniel Crennan. At the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services, chair ...

FactSet nabs MSCI executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
FactSet has appointed a new regional sales director for Australia and New Zealand hiring a long-time executive from MSCI. Natalia Stansall has stepped into the role, after serving 16 years at MSCI as executive director of client coverage. A spokesperson ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The Australian dollar is back! Back above the US$0.73 level that is. The Australian currency rose to around this level back in late-August/early-September after the US Federal Reserve announced a shift into a lower for longer strategy - suggesting that ...

ASIC opens consultation on scaled advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is calling on financial advisers to provide feedback to its consultation paper on affordable scaled advice. As previously announced last month, ASIC's latest consultation paper, Promoting access ...

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 ...

Poor progress on human rights revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
The sad state of human rights concerns among the world's largest corporations has been laid bare in a new benchmarking report, finding little to no progress has been made in the last 12 months. The World Benchmarking Alliance released the fourth edition ...

SEC chair to depart

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
The chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced his intention to depart at the end of 2021, ahead of his term. Jay Clayton has served as chair for over three years and has been one of the longest-serving chairs of the SEC. He ...

Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
"Voices singing, let's be jolly Deck the halls with boughs of holly Rockin' around the Christmas tree Have a happy holiday Everyone dancin' merrily..." - Brenda Lee It's not even December yet but Wall Street's already "Rockin' ...