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Many benefits to going your own way: CMC Markets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... Institutional APAC, Andrew Shade has commented on the benefits of financial advisers moving away from large financial institutions following the Royal Commissions. He highlighted three key benefits that are driving the trend towards independence. One ...

APRA to take transparent approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... practices across the sectors it regulates,. APRA said the new method would aim to strengthen the resilience of financial institutions by addressing and preventing issues the regulator believes have undermined confidence in financial services recently. ...

Vanguard appoints head of superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... Australian business continues to develop our organisational capabilities in support of investors, financial advisers and institutions, we're excited to welcome Louise, Maxim and Michael to bring a valuable mix of expertise and experience to Vanguard ...

No plan to cut out advisers: SPDR chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... higher market share with institutional investors than we have in Australia but I think that might be because the institutions around the globe tend to go to the most liquid products... because institutions can buy cross border very easily than retail ...

New advice groups detrimental to consumers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... IPAC Securities co-founder and NAB director Peeyush Gupta said it should not be celebrated that well-capitalised institutions were moving away from financial advice. With more and more fringe organisations taking on planners, Gupta said consumers were ...

Westpac chief believes in financial advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... misconduct across the financial services sector identified by the Hayne Royal Commission, it is important that financial institutions are held accountable and to ensure that they make the crucial improvements needed to start restoring trust in our financial ...

AFCA delivers $185m in compensation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... days; 70% of those were resolved in favour of the complainant. Banks won out for the most complained about financial institutions in the country, followed by general insurers. Australians are making an average of 200 complaints a day, with AFCA receiving ...

Bravura acquires software firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... regulatory compliance built on a micro-services architecture. FinoComp's clients include leading UK wealth management institutions, such as Aegon and Nucleus," Bravura said. The software company said the acquisition was made in a bid to deepen Bravura's ...

Growing advice group in commissions fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... walked in lock-step with the Financial Services Council who only works in the best interests of the banks and large institutions like the disgraced AMP." Vagliviello said the main cause of discontent for advisers is the debate surrounding commissions ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... isn't a game of who gets to spook the markets first rather it's that all these heavyweight international institutions are looking in the same direction... downwards. The IMF's World Economic Outlook report for October forecast world GDP growth ...