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FinClear to acquire BNY subsidiary

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... over an appropriate period of time," he said. The acquisition will enable FinClear to expand its services to larger stockbrokers. FinClear provides trades, clearing and settlement services, as well as technology solutions to wholesale intermediaries ...

Draft advice reforms not enough: FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... recommended its Financial Services and Credit Panel serve as the single disciplinary body, which would also actuaries, stockbrokers and insurers where they are providing personal financial advice. Consultation on the matter concluded on May 14.

Government opens consultation on key advice reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... proposing new penalties and sanctions for those who have breached their obligations. It will also apply for actuaries, stockbrokers and insurers where they are providing personal financial advice. The draft legislation also introduces the highly anticipated ...

HNWs change views on advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... has not led to greater uptake of advice. Over the last 12 months, the use of financial advisers (19%) full-service stockbrokers (15%), wealth managers (7%) and private banks (5%) among HNWs has largely remained static. "The disjoint between the positive ...

Fund manager expands, hires two executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... director at Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management, a wealth management joint venture in India, managing a team of stockbrokers focused on the financial advisory space. Scott told Financial Standard : "I was attracted to the Holon business as a result ...

360 Capital raises bid for Evans Dixon

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... it is considering whether to proceed on the takeover on its own to tie up with other interested parties including stockbrokers, wealth managers and other fund managers. Evans Dixon has had a rough year. The firm posted a statutory loss of $30.5 million ...

HUB24 to acquire Xplore, offloads Paragem

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... efficiency and product capability across platforms, data and technology services for licensees, advisers, accountants, stockbrokers and their clients," it said. HUB24 chief executive Andrew Alcock said the successful completion of these transactions ...

Financial services firm names new directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... and options trading. Parker has worked in financial services since 1981 and is a master stockbroker member of the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisors Association (SAFAA), and was previously a director of Gilpear Investment Group. In early 1991, Parker ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... flooding the share markets, and pushing some indices such as the S&P500 Index, to record highs. Lee told the recent Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association Virtual Conference of her experience as a Robinhood investor with just $500 back in the ...

Advice disciplinary body delayed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... as recommended by the financial services Royal Commission, is set to be up and running in mid-2021, Hume told the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association Virtual Conference this morning. The federal government is still working through the design ...