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NSX managing director steps down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
The managing director of the National Stock Exchange of Australia is set to leave after 10 years. The NSX has announced Ann Bowering has decided not to extend her contract, and will leave the stock exchange on July 5. Bowering served as managing director ...

Centuria acquires fund manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
Centuria Capital is expanding its remit, acquiring more than 63% of a specialist fund manager and launching a new entity. The investment manager has poured more than $24 million into specialist healthcare property fund manager Heathley Limited and its ...

Crypto scams bite UK

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
Investors in the United Kingdom lost more than £27 million to cryptoasset and forex scams in the last year. The Financial Conduct Authority is urging UK citizens to be wary of investment scams carried out through "bogus" online trading platforms, after ...

Fairness key to meaningful change: Shipton

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
For the financial system to really improve, fairness needs to be embedded into financial institutions, according to ASIC chair James Shipton. Opening ASIC's annual forum in Sydney recently, Shipton said the concept of fairness needs to be embedded "into ...

NAB sells fund administration business

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
A German group has picked up NAB's managed funds services business, Ausmaq. Deutsche Borse has acquired the specialist managed funds and term deposit administrator through its international central securities depository subsidiary, Clearstream. ...

FASEA reveals exam dates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is calling for registrations to sit the first round of adviser exams. Financial advisers who wish to sit the inaugural FASEA exam have until May 31 to notify the body of their intention to do so. ...

Time ticks by on FASEA approvals

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has been forced to admit it will miss its own deadline for the approval of several graduate diplomas and bridging courses submitted for accreditation. According to FASEA, 14 graduate diplomas and ...

ATO guides SMSFs on PYSP changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
The Australian Tax Office has provided guidance on how self-managed superannuation funds might be affected by the Protecting Your Super reforms. The ATO confirmed to SMSF investors that the raft of changes - introduced as part of the Protecting Your ...

No single solution for advice: CFA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
CFA Societies Australia believes Australia's financial advice industry needs a series of policy reforms and changes to rebuild trust. Together with the CFA Institute, CFA Societies Australia released policy recommendations in response to the Royal ...

OneVue, Mainstream automate cross-platform transfers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... delays and risk inherent in manual processing of these complex transactions." OneVue deputy group chief executive Richard Harris-Smith said the firm has saved time and prevented risks as a result of Calastone's solution, which indicates there is more ...