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....

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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....

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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....

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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...

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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”....

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CBA has paid over $4.8 million in compensation so far to clients who received poor advice or were charged incorrect fees....

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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....

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31 May 2016

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...

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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....

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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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