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ASIC permanently bans ex-HSBC, ANZ planners

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
ASIC has permanently banned two financial advisers, one from HSBC and the other from ANZ. Tak Simson Kwok was employed by HSBC Bank Australia (HSBC) from 29 September 2009 to 16 December 2013 and was responsible for providing financial advice to HSBC ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Australia's "brutally competitive" superannuation system makes it a high-risk prospect for foreign investment managers, according to Cerulli Associates research. The Cerulli Edge - Asia-Pacific Edition, 2Q 2016 report highlighted the aggressive downward ...

Family office administration wasted on inefficient reporting: FOX

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Family offices are spending up to 75% of its time on reporting due to inefficiencies, according to research from the Family Office Exchange. The research showed that the average family office spends 32% of its time on collecting, verifying, analysing ...

Financial services given hand to protect seniors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... 20 older people were financially abused. Late last year Protecting Seniors Wealth released a guide to help people either plan to prevent senior financial abuse or head off a financial abuse situation.

Former politician joins fintech board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... to a former federal politician and soon-to-be fintech board member. Joining the board of online automated adviser Map My Plan from 1 June will be former parliamentarian Bernie Ripoll. He stood down from the Shadow Ministry in September 2015, and left ...

Group risk premium inflows up 6.9%

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Overall group risk premium inflows increased 6.9% in the 12 months to the end of March 2016, the latest numbers from Plan For Life show. Of the larger companies in the group risk space, TAL, AIA and OnePath recorded the best flows with increases of ...

Adviser Network launches SMSFit

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Adviser Network has launched cloud-based solution SMSFit to enable licensed accountants to continue advising clients on their suitability to set up a self-managed super fund (SMSF). SMSFit will allow accountants to operate under a limited AFSL to provide ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Australia capex Private new capital expenditure declined by 5.2% in the March quarter, lower than the expected 3.0% fall and reversing the previous three-month period's 1.8% increase. Investment in buildings and structures dropped by 7.9% over the quarter ...

Super changes about sustainability: O'Dwyer

KELLY O'DWYER, ASSISTANT TREASURER AND MINISTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
The Government is committed to ensuring the super system is sustainable, flexible and has integrity. The objective of superannuation, as recommended by the Financial System Inquiry, is 'to provide income in retirement to substitute or supplement the ...

ASIC to run rule over mortgage commissions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Mortgage brokers are next in line to have their commissions and non-monetary incentives scrutinised by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). According to reports, the regulator will over the next fortnight ask the big four banks ...