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Linear pushes MGP into the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... the stockbroking and financial advisory market," he added. Sharp said the fallout from the financial services Royal Commission is expected to result in a continued movement of advisers from the big banks to non-aligned advisory firms. As an independent ...

Equip grows to meet demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... officer, growth and corporate development John Farrington, the revelations emerging from the financial services Royal Commission might work in the fund's favour. "There is no doubt that some in corporate Australia are thinking about whether their employees' ...

Super funds cop governance grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... superannuation fund executives and trustees after an unyielding fortnight of appearances at the financial services Royal Commission. Governance Institute of Australia chief executive Steven Burrell says the continuing testimonies at the Royal Commission ...

Financial services confidence continues spiral

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... insurance companies are likely to fall beyond their current consumer sentiment low-point as the financial services Royal Commission continues. For the third consecutive year, banks and financial institutions have rated at the bottom of the institute's ...

NAB CEO apologises over super failures

HARRISON WORLEY, DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... yesterday to apologise on behalf of the group's 34,000 staff for failures identified at the financial services Royal Commission. Speaking about confronting allegations at the Royal Commission, the NAB chief executive said it was clear the banking ...

IOOF executives dismiss conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... interest existed in choosing to boost revenues over meeting "community expectations." The financial services Royal Commission continued its line of questioning to IOOF general manager of distribution Mark Oliver. Yesterday afternoon, Senior Counsel Assisting ...

AMP profits nosedive, new board director announced

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... the year as the wealth manager took a $290 million hit from advice remediation following the financial services Royal Commission. It brought in a net profit of $115 million as compared to $445 million in last year's first half. The wealth protection ...

NULIS names new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... Nominees has appointed a new chair, replacing Nicole Smith, who is due to appear before the financial services Royal Commission this week. According to the latest NULIS Nominees Executive Officer Disclosure, Peter Promnitz was appointed as chair in July ...

Lose grandfathered commissions, lose business: MLC

KARREN VERGARA AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
The financial services Royal Commission questioned if MLC's decision to stick with grandfathered arrangements was in the best interest of members following a large consolidation of superannuation funds that provided an opportunity to remove them. ...

Royal Commission revisits fees for no service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... coming clean about charging members advice fees in return for no services well before the financial services Royal Commission kicks into its latest round of public hearings. In the Royal Commission's fifth round, which kicked off in Melbourne this ...