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WAM enters the fray for Molopo takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Wilson Asset Management, via WAM Capital, has submitted an off-market takeover proposal for Molopo Energy, following similar contested proposals from Keybridge Capital and Aurora Funds Management. WAM Capital is seeking all ordinary shares in Molopo ...

ANZ launches LIF resource

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
ANZ Wealth has launched an online resource to help prepare financial advisers for the looming Life Insurance Framework (LIF) reforms. The online hub provides guidance on how OneCare commissions will be paid, detail key deadlines and how the transition ...

NAB to simplify operations via job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
About 4000 NAB employees look set to lose their jobs by 2020 as the bank further automates its business. Releasing its full year results, NAB said a reshaping of its workforce would see the creation of 2000 new jobs to 2020, though overall about 6000 ...

FPA supports disadvantaged youths

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's philanthropic arm has awarded $133,000 in support of young disadvantaged Australians. This year alone, the Future2 Foundation has funded projects in financial literacy, skills training, work experience ...

Fintech regulatory sandbox draft legislation released

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
The Federal Government has released regulatory sandbox draft legislation in an effort to allow fintechs to test financial services and products without the burden of an AFSL. Treasurer Scott Morrison said the proposed legislative package supports the ...

ANZ and ASIC settle over BBSW case

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
ANZ and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission have reached a confidential and in-principle agreement to settle court action relating to the Australian bank bill swap rate market. This morning ASIC asked the Federal Court to stand down ...

Accessing financial wellbeing: The power of general advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
The proliferation of financial stress across the Australian population is at its height and yet so many impediments to gaining quality financial advice remain. This is the key driver behind Association of Financial Advisers' president and Noall ...

Succession planning ensures quality customer service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
Financial planning business owners must consider succession planning as another element of their customer service, according to Mentor Education. Mentor Education Group chairman Jim Taggart said true financial advice is an end-to-end commitment that ...

Advisers can scale via workplace super clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Financial advisers should not dismiss workplace superannuation as a new and potential revenue stream, a new IOOF white paper shows. Being a designated financial adviser through an employer's super plan opens the door to attract more clients and strengthen ...

CBA climate risk court case abandoned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
Shareholders attempting to take the Commonwealth Bank to the Federal Court for historically failing to disclose climate change risks in its annual reports have withdrawn the claim. Legal correspondence between social justice group Environmental Justice ...