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

20 Mar

Low education exacerbates poor consumer perception

Consumers are going to keep perceiving bad apples in the advice industry as typical of the entire sector until higher education standards are set in stone, a financial pl...

Financial planning

19 Mar

Worried Aussies demanding more advice

As more Australians grow concerned over their retirement savings and managing cash-flow, research showed a surge in demand for advice in 2014. ...

Superannuation

18 Mar

Accountants delay could mean advice shortfall

There could be a shortage of advice availability for SMSF trustees if accountants do not move on licensing applications to advise on SMSF, AMP said....

Funds management

18 Mar

ME Bank records $29m net profit

Industry funds-owned ME Bank attributed its $29m after-tax underlying net profit to a high number of home loan settlements, settling $432 million in December 2014....

Financial planning

17 Mar

Incentive hounds financial planning

Financial planners have to face the incentive issue head-on day after day, a Macquarie University academic opined. ...

Policy & Regulation

17 Mar

Regulation assessers should have independence: CIFR

Reviewers assessing proposed regulation or regulation mooted for removal should be independent of each other, a CIFR study found....

Financial planning

16 Mar

Clients more discerning of advisers

Client awareness and savvy have shot up, with advisers getting more questions from clients on their qualifications and suitability to manage investments, a CommFP adviser...

Financial planning

16 Mar

Foreign financial services providers get class order clarity

ASIC tells advisers to foreign financial services providers what documentation they should provide to get a class order exemption to do business in Australia....