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Support staff should meet FASEA standards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... Services Forum that FASEA standards should raise questions for support staff as well as advisers. Appearing at the event yesterday, Ashenden said paraplanners and technical support staff should prepare themselves for the possibility that more stringent ...

Major super funds caught in fraud scandal

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... online fraud syndicate which siphoned millions from share-trading and super accounts. A Melbourne woman appeared in court yesterday after allegedly taking part in an online fraud syndicate which used stolen information to access and steal funds from ...

CommSec responds to sale rumours

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... being coy about rumours Ord Minnett is poised to purchase its advisory unit. The Australian Financial Review reported yesterday that stockbroking firm Ord Minnett is planning to purchase CommSec Advisory. It reported Ord Minnett was asked to tender for ...

Equity Trustees confirms international strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... in the UK as well as its responsible entity services to Australian funds. Separately, River and Mercantile announced yesterday it has appointed a new global head of distribution - David Hanratty. He was previously managing director at Pioneer Investments ...

What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... sovereign wealth fund well in times of capital abundance, a Future Fund executive said at a conference in Melbourne yesterday. Speaking to the Australian Investment Council Conference in Melbourne yesterday, Future Fund deputy chief investment officer ...

ASIC prepares to be primary super conduct regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... itself to be the primary conduct regulator in superannuation. Speaking at a Risk Management Association Australia event yesterday, Hughes said ASIC's role in regulating the conduct of super funds was one of the most significant changes for ASIC to ...

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
Passed yesterday, the motion - brought by Senator Andrew Bragg -establishes a committee to inquire and report on fintech and regtech opportunities, barriers, and future trends. It will examine the "size and scope" of the opportunity fintech and regtech ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
Like the fable of the "boiling frog" - put a frog into boiling water, the frog will jump out, put it in cold/tepid water and bring the water slowly to a boil and it will be cooked to death - the Australian economy is slowly being boiled... to death. ...

Vanguard hires PM Capital sales director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... new range of actively-managed funds, which opened its first two fundamentally-managed funds to Australian investors yesterday. Noone joined PM Capital in 2017 as a sales director, taking responsibility for distributing the boutique's strategies to ...

The end of grandfathered commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
The Ending Grandfathered Conflicted Remuneration Bill 2019 was passed in the House of Representatives yesterday but the industry believes the timeline for doing so will leave Australians worse off. Passing yesterday, the legislation will see the banning ...