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Malavika Santhebennur
Malavika Santhebennur
Malavika Santhebennur was a news and features financial services journalist at Money Management, part of Financial Express. She has previously written in various industrial publications at Cirrus Media, including mining, food, franchising, and health.
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Non-aligned group, Centrepoint Alliance, has rebranded under one umbrella and website, and will run as a single brand with four sub-brands....
Advisers had not adapted to a world of no commissions just yet but would need to diversify their service offerings to justify fee-for-service, Aon Hewitt said....
ASIC will closely monitor robo-advice and the industry could start to see cases of non-compliance in the next 12 to 18 months as a result....
Majority of financial services employees can expect no more than a three per cent pay rise even as hiring and business activity remained upbeat, a recruitment survey reve...
The advice industry is to blame for the increased costs of stringent compliance regimes and reforms, with one planner saying “we’ve brought this on ourselves”....
CBA has paid over $4.8 million in compensation so far to clients who received poor advice or were charged incorrect fees....
Most people who sought financial advice were doing so at the last minute as they approached retirement, with many finding advice was out of reach for them....
A life/risk adviser group has hit out against the FSC’s call for level commissions in the LIF, and accused it and the big banks of having undue influence on the Governmen...
Negative media coverage of financial planners hurt consumers as much as it tarnished the industry’s reputation as it stopped them seeking advice, a planner said....
Advisers should see changes in regulation and the Budget as an opportunity to re-engage with old clients and acquire new clients, a planning group executive said. ...
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