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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Financial planning

21 Jul

Onus on firms to attract employees

Research from recruitment firms saying bad publicity detracted new employees to the wealth management industry was not necessarily reflected in individual businesses....

Financial planning

21 Jul

FChFP enrolments reach 500: AFA

Enrolments into the AFA Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner designation has hit 500 since late 2013 when the curriculum was relaunched with Kaplan. ...

Policy & Regulation

20 Jul

Courts last resort for disputes: ATO

The ATO said that while it tries to resolve disputes in a quick and cost efficient way, it would opt for litigation if all other options failed....

Financial planning

17 Jul

Regulations pause platform enhancements

Constant regulatory changes such as FOFA and grandfathering have halted projects to enhance platforms, a financial firm said....

Funds management

17 Jul

New SIV rules put spotlight on risk

Australian fund managers developing products for the SIV market would need to cater their products to suit their low appetite for risk in their investments....

Financial planning

16 Jul

Advice client loyalty will dwindle

Client loyalty towards advisers will decline in the coming decades, with social media and ‘likes’ set to become the new way of advertising....

Financial planning

16 Jul

Advisers wary of retirement products

Independent retirement planners remained averse to retirement product solutions, with little progress being made in dealing with longevity risk....

Financial planning

15 Jul

Advisers lag on digital communication

Being bombarded by regulation changes meant advisers were yet to embrace improving client communication by adapting a customised mobile strategy....

Financial planning

14 Jul

Finance firms don’t expect to hire

More than two thirds of financial employers would not be increasing headcount as confidence in the economy sagged, a survey showed....

Financial planning

13 Jul

Platforms overlooking smaller IFAs

Large platforms were not servicing small and mid-tier independent financial advisers with their MDAs, as it may be cheaper to cater to the big firms, a boutique firm said...