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CFA Societies launches initiative to raise ethical standards

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... investors to use the CFA's Statement of Investor Rights and to present this statement to their financial adviser, banker or broker in any financial dealings with them," he said. "Trust is the most important attribute investors value when hiring an advisor ...

First transaction takes place on ASX mFund service

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... Council (FSI) chief executive John Brogden. mFund is an electronic processing service that allows investors to use an ASX broker to buy and sell units in unlisted managed funds.A The service aims to broaden fund managers' distribution networks, offer ...

Family office model attractive to feuding families

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... marketplace include private banks, private client groups, trust departments, and the wealth management arms of banks and broker-dealers." The family dynamics are the greatest risk to the success of the family office and for preserving wealth for future ...

YBR poised to acquire mortgage aggregator

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road (YBR) will grow its distribution channel with 700 new mortgage broker groups, following the acquisition of Vow Financial Holdings. YBR is set to acquire the mortgage aggregator following the board's acceptance ...

New business targets investors' bad habits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
As the number of individual investors skyrockets with the growth of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector, a new business is about to be launched which aims to help investors overcome bad psychological habits. Behavioural Finance Australia (BFA) ...

Macquarie appoints Bell Direct as online broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Bell Financial Group (BFG) has signed a deal with Macquarie to enable its online broking arm to provide services to the bank. BFG executive chairman Colin Bell said that the firm's online broking business, Bell Direct, had been chosen by the Macquarie ...

ASIC cancels two more AFSL licences

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of a Parramatta insurance broker and of Banksia Mortgages. The Parramatta-based WD Gelle Insurance & Finance Brokers' licence was cancelled after the regulator ...

AMP Capital appoints London-based institutional director

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
AMP Capital has appointed an institutional director for Europe that will be based at the firm's London office. Kate Campbell will work to develop AMP Capital's European institutional client business and she will report to AMP Capital managing director ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
While debate in the US wealth management sector regarding improved fiduciary responsibilities for advisers appears to approaching resolution, the price of this resolution is that it has retreated back to just improved disclosure rules. The Wall Street ...

What is the future of transition management?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The recent departure of J.P. Morgan from the transition management space - following the departure of Credit Suisse, BNY Mellon and Convergex - has brought the future of this under-the-radar industry into question. The departure of these four players ...