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WHSP appoints new chief financial officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company has appointed a new chief financial officer after the incumbent resigned from the position. The post will be filled by David Grbin, who most recently was the CFO of Grays eCommerce. Grbin has worked in various ...

Digital broker partners for multi-asset trading

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
A digital brokerage service with monthly trading turnover of over $3.5billion has integrated a global multi-asset trading platform into its offering. OpenMarkets will use Bloomberg's execution management system (EMSX); allowing users to direct equity ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
War: it seems that US president Donald Trump cannot get enough of it. Trump began his war crusade with the media (and fake news), then moved on to North Korea (although this was instigated by Kim's nuclear "exercises"), then trade and China, last weekend ...

Advisers no longer standing still on social media

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Financial advisers are no longer sitting on their hands when it comes to social media, using various platforms to have the most meaningful conversations with clients. Latch Social founder and director Tom Loneragan said social media has become a crucial ...

AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
AIA Australia is urging the Federal Government to allow life insurers to fund early intervention and treatment for mental health conditions. AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu said the legislative barriers that restrict life insurers ...

CBA advice failures unacceptable: Comyn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn apologised for the group's financial advice failures as two CBA planning subsidiaries entered an enforceable undertaking with ASIC - all before the financial services Royal Commission tackles advice on Monday. ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... strength in the US labour market would make it easier for producers and importers to pass on these higher prices onto consumers. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...

UK fund managers must improve fairness

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
The UK's financial services conduct regulator has released new rules for fund managers as part of its ongoing study into the asset management market. The latest Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report states that fund managers, as the agents of investors ...

SG non-compliance declining: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
Most employers and super funds are complying with superannuation guarantee (SG) obligations, but latest ATO data shows there are still some breaching SuperStream standards. Over 2016-17, SuperStream processed 135 million contributions - about five million ...

Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
Australian retail investors are more likely to trust human financial planners over robo-advisers - and by an overwhelming majority, according to the CFA Institute's 2018 survey of investor trust. More than 80% of the Aussie retail investors surveyed ...