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Clock ticks for institutional advice licensees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
A dealer group executive believes the clock is ticking for advisers at institutional licensees as another bank-owned advice service announced it was exiting the industry this week. Following news that Bankwest would be closing its salaried advice division ...

Macquarie Australia's favourite finance brand on social media

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... five Australian "home-grown" finance brands were: Macquarie, Westpac, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank. "We were very interested to see that Macquarie, who has a smaller social following, has beaten ...

Fraudulent adviser faces court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
A former New South Wales financial adviser has appeared in court over 19 fraud-related charges brought by ASIC. Following an investigation by the regulator, Gabriel Nakhl faced the Local Court of New South Wales yesterday, accused of engaging in dishonest ...

Valuation dispersion creating opportunity for instos to retilt

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
The dispersion in valuations between the cheapest and the most expensive stocks is the widest it has been at any point since the dotcom boom, according to the founder of global asset manager Pzena Investment Management. The most expensive quintile of ...

Praemium chair to retire, intended successor revealed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... wealth of financial services experience to the board, having previously held a number of senior executive positions with ANZ Bank, AMP and Superpartners. Currently he is a non-executive director of Bank Australia, Yarra Valley Water, Bottlecycler Australia ...

CBA innovates to help customers avoid late fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
The Commonwealth Bank has launched two new bill paying solutions, available via its CommBank app and NetBank. The 'Better Bill Experience' and 'Photo-a-bill' features went live today as a means of assisting customers in managing their bills and avoiding ...

IOOF upgrades Pursuit functionality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
IOOF has introduced a new automatic re-weighting function to its Pursuit platform. The new feature, available through Pursuit's Portfolio Online portal, allows advisers to choose between re-weighting client's portfolios to a desired percentage or to ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... equity markets leading up to the 21st of September. But scrooge was nowhere to be seen - exclaiming bah! humbug! - when the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) turned up on the 21st of September bearing gifts. The Nikkei-225 index jumped ...

NAB board member joins Platinum

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A non-executive director on the board of National Australia Bank (NAB) has joined the board of Platinum Asset Management. Anne Loveridge has replaced Margaret Towers who formally retired from the Platinum board as a non-executive director after more ...

Axsesstoday completes $20m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... longer duration better than a lender so it is not surprising that we are building a strong record raising debt capital for non-bank financial sector," Paton said. "Axsess has built a stable, well-managed business based on a unique business model. They ...