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Advisers flock to IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... increase of 70% compared to the previous corresponding period. Even greater growth is expected for IOOF when it takes over ANZ Wealth's pension and investments business and four aligned dealer groups. As announced in October 2017, IOOF acquired the assets ...

CBA embroiled in rate-rigging allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... the disadvantage of parties with an opposite exposure to the BBSW. Further, CBA knew or believed that other banks, including ANZ, NAB and Westpac, also engaged in this trading practice, the document said. CBA entered into products priced off the BBSW ...

Vertically integrated institutions failing to manage conflicts of interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... 28 February 2015 and 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017; analysing 200 client files from the financial planning arms of AMP, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac and respective dealer groups. In reviewing case files provided by the institutions, ASIC ...

ANZ Wealth tests AI-driven underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
ANZ Wealth is exploring artificial intelligence opportunities to improve its underwriting processes. The collaboration with the Advanced Analytics Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS AAi) will use machine learning and big data to develop ...

TAL forms medical advisory board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... CommInsure (9.8%). TAL was also among the market leaders in the lump sum category, worth $7.1 billion, behind AMP, MLC Life and ANZ's OnePath.

Marriage equality and the estate plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... legislated to include "persons who live together in a genuine domestic relationship as a couple, regardless of their gender." ANZ senior economist Cherelle Murphy predicted in September that marriage equality would produce an economic benefit of at least ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... appoint AIA Australia as its insurer in 2018. The move will occur when HESTA's existing agreement with CommInsure expires. 9. ANZ splits OnePath businesses, revamps life insurance team (17 October) ANZ divested OnePath's pension and investments and four ...

AFA to launch investigation into adviser misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... by five different dealer groups since December 2014. At the AFA's National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast in October, ANZ Wealth's Alexis George she believes the AFA has a role to play in fact-based mandatory background checks of advisers that ...

ANZ attempts sale to Chinese conglomerate, blocked by NZ regulator

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
ANZ's attempted sale of a subsidiary business to a Chinese firm has been blocked by New Zealand's Overseas Investment Office. HNA Group has been in talks to purchase UDC Finance, an asset financing firm acquired by ANZ Bank New Zealand in 1980. ANZ ...

Industry names team up for cryptocurrency fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
An Australian hedge fund veteran and former ANZ executive have partnered to launch a new active cryptocurrency fund. The EKT Active Fund has been launched by Triple A Partners' Damien Hatfield and former ANZ head of global markets Steve Bellotti. The ...