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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The Big Four banks are enjoying their highest level of satisfaction among small, medium and large businesses while it had declined among micro businesses....

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The IFA market has marched ahead of the aligned channel in using managed accounts, with penetration in banks slower due to their conservative approach....

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Majority of Australians were failing to proactively plan for retirement and seek financial advice despite concerns about their financial situation....

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ASIC has permanently banned an authorised representative of Professional Investment Services from providing financial services....

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The new professional standards and competency frameworks should focus more on softer skills such as behavioural psychology and communication rather than just technical s...

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VicSuper has announced the launch of Beeline, a free digital advice service designed to boost member engagement and provide advice on contributions and asset allocation....

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18 July 2017

Accountants remain confused about various elements of the new limited licensing regime, including compliance obligations, and statements of advice....

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Institutional advice cannot be unbiased when institutions are both product manufacturers and owners of a licensee, while individual adviser licensing will be preferred as...

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A victims group has argued for an independent inquiry into the Trio Capital scheme which it said ASIC did not do, and pointed to a systemic failure of the entire financia...

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The financial advice sector will be slapped with a fixed levy of $1,500 under ASIC’s cost recovery framework, while super trustees will face a 'graduate component' based ...

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