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APRA banned one person in 10 years: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
The Royal Commission heard Australia's prudential regulator has banned one person for not being fit and proper since 2008 - after the law changed requiring APRA take the matter to court. Under examination from counsel assisting Michael Hodge, APRA deputy ...

Fiducian continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
Fiducian Group has reported a 21% rise in underlying net profit and a $1 billion lift in funds under management, administration and advice. Releasing its full year results today, Fiducian recorded $10.5 million in UNPAT and an 18% increase in FUMAA ...

AMP wealth arm leaked $873 million in first half

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
AMP's wealth management arm, which includes its superannuation and platform products, saw net outflows of $873 million in the first half of 2018. By comparison, it had recorded net inflows of more than $1 billion in first half of last year. AMP's North ...

ASIC staff to investigate institutions from the inside

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... a new supervisory program in which ASIC staff will be embedded within Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB, Westpac and AMP to monitor governance and compliance. Additionally, a taskforce dedicated to conducting a broad review into corporate governance will be ...

Equity Trustees responds to GAM suspension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
Equity Trustees halted applications into and redemptions from two GAM Investments funds following the suspension of the global manager's fixed income investment director. In a letter to unitholders, Equity Trustees - as responsible entity for the ...

Royal Commission revisits fees for no service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
Superannuation funds are coming clean about charging members advice fees in return for no services well before the financial services Royal Commission kicks into its latest round of public hearings. In the Royal Commission's fifth round, which kicked ...

ASIC identifies potential risks in ETP market

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
ASIC has identified three potential risks in the $40 billion market for exchange-traded products, following a review triggered by SMSFs and retail investors' growing investment in the vehicles. The three risks in the ETP markets were: temporary widening ...

XPLAN picks up Lumen integration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
IRESS integrated its recently acquired data analytics solution with financial planning software XPLAN. IRESS has made it easier for licensees to identify actual and potential scenarios where advice standards are not being complied with by integrating ...

The case for indexed annuity bonds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
Indexed annuity bonds could be the answer to superannuation trustees meeting members' post-retirement consumption needs while fulfilling fiduciary obligations at the same time. This is according to research from The McKell Institute, which highlights ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
Nobody expected action from the European Central Bank's (ECB) July 26 meeting. The Bank did not disappoint. It kept its benchmark repo rate at 0% - so were the rates on its deposit facility (-0.4%) and marginal lending facility (0.25%) - and repeated ...