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ASIC boosts support for regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
ASIC is ramping its support for regulatory technology businesses or 'regtechs' in response to an overwhelming number of organisations expressing frustration over complex compliance burdens. The corporate watchdog recently announced the next phase of ...

Retail super fund members increasingly satisfied

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Superannuation fund members with balances less than $100,000 are showing greater customer satisfaction levels among retail funds as opposed to industry fund competitors. Data from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that from more than 30,000 ...

Big banks pay $60m in advice refunds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... NULIS Nominees for breaches relating the provision of general advice to super members. ASIC said it will "continue to monitor these compensation programs and will provide another public update by the end of 2017." "In addition, ASIC will continue to ...

Macquarie to pay $2m following ASIC probe

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from Macquarie, which includes a community benefit payment of $2 million, following the regulator's investigation into the bank's wholesale foreign exchange business. ASIC determined that on multiple occasions ...

Ignition Wealth secures BT Panorama deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
Investors, advisers and accountants will benefit from a new partnership between Ignition Wealth and one of Australia's largest platforms. Users of BT Panorama will be able to access Ignition Wealth's 360 digital advice solution from Q3 2017, allowing ...

Liquidnet acquires global tech firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
Institutional dark pool network Liquidnet is preparing for changes to European Union markets regulation through the acquisition of a global provider of equity analytics. OTAS Technologies, established in 2011, currently provides equity market analytics ...

Barclays refunds US$97m for overcharging clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... Barclays overbilled clients to the tune of US$50 million. It also failed to properly carry out an advisory service to monitor and perform due diligence on third-party investment managers for 2000 clients as represented. In another incident, it collected ...

Industry fund wins stake in Endeavour Energy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... manager, investments, Brendan Casey, the fund sees a range of opportunities in the energy sector. "We're continuing to monitor this space closely - as the electricity industry changes we expect to see other opportunities to generate stable, risk-adjusted ...

Fund managers on fixed income recruitment drive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Both AMP Capital and Vanguard are ramping fixed income capabilities with new hires and job listings. On April 26, Andrea Jaehne joined AMP Capital as senior credit analyst, financials. She reports to acting head of credit Steven Hur, and will focus ...

FPA appoints conduct commission chair

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is taking a step forward to becoming a code monitoring body with the appointment of a new chair to its conduct review commission. Graham McDonald, a solicitor and barrister with experience in dispute resolution ...