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Global wealth boosts IT spend

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Much of the USD$35 billion analyst firm Ovum expects global wealth management to spend on IT by 2016 will be in digital channels. According to forecasts from the global analysts, between 2011 and 2016 the Asia-Pacific region will increase its IT spend ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
The Australian market has opened higher following mixed leads from Europe and the US overnight. At 1030 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.4 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,308.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 25.7 ...

Macquarie focuses on independents with Visor

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Macquarie has renamed its financial planning software for independent advisers Visor, following last week's sale of the COIN business to Rubik. The sale saw the business divided into two software offerings. While Rubik Financial will service the institutional ...

AFMA urges ASIC to focus on market risk

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian Financial Markets Association wants the Australian Securities & Investments Commission to refine its proposed approach to dark pools, claiming it would lead to better targeted regulatory intervention in the market. Dark pools are orders ...

ETSL appoints superannuation chair

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
Equity Trustees Limited has appointed Anne O'Donnell as non-executive chair of its superannuation business, Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited. O'Donnell is taking over as chair from Rob Dillon who has retired. Dillion set up Wealthpac Master Fund ...

ASIC calls for kill-switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... controls over those systems," said ASIC's deputy chairman Belinda Gibson. "The increased automation of trading, and ASIC's focus on it, is also evident in our market supervision report, which identified issues from high frequency trading. "This type ...

ASX flags concerns over losing single operator status

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
The Australian Securities Exchange raises a red flag over any loss of its current monopoly on clearing and settlement - claiming the country's financial market stability might be at risk. Up until now the ASX have been the single operator of clearing ...

Decouple next-gen education from estate planning conversation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
Financial education for younger generations from families of wealth should be a separate issue from wealth transfer planning and deserves to be treated as such. That's the message from Andrew Hewison, director and private client adviser at boutique ...

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... the heat" on lenders. The Coalition has previously said it will undertake a comprehensive review of the sector designed to focus on increasing competition, should it win the next election. Last week shadow treasurer Joe Hockey reaffirmed the position ...

Conflicts of interest worry ASIC

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... over fee structure conflicts of interest based on preferring services. ASIC conducted the review as part of its ongoing focus on gatekeepers to the financial services industry. The regulator said the review's key focus was on the sectors business models ...