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What the RC can teach us about trust: Deloitte

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
One of the big four accounting and professional services firms is seizing the financial services Royal Commission as an opportunity to better understand how trust works in Australian banks. Launching its first trust index for Australia's banking ...

Super-size me: Latest employment trends

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... services practice, Richard Baker said overall candidate sentiment was higher than 2017 but bank wealth demergers and the Royal Commission are keeping movement limited. He said movement was more subdued for senior executives asking more than $250,000 ...

Enforceable undertakings are effective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Despite receiving a bad rap for being ineffective during the financial services Royal Commission, new research finds the majority of enforceable undertakings deter future misconduct. This is according to a joint study conducted by ASIC and the University ...

The rise of challenger banks in Australia: SIBOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... senior heads at the three challenger banks spoke about how changing customer needs, fintech and - for the local market - the Royal Commission will change the way people transact in the next five years. The trends they've discussed could mark a change ...

Digital advice engagement spikes for super members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... for a better retirement," the report said. It pointed out the spike in engagement could also be due to the effect of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services. Decimal chief executive Damon Watkins said this ...

Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... retirees." With 2019 fast approaching the firm told investors Argo would potentially harbour concerns about outcomes from the Royal Commission, as well as Australia's softening housing market, tighter credit and the upcoming Federal election. In the ...

Post Royal Commission change is all talk: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
Despite the revelations of the Royal Commission, ASIC is still experiencing deliberate delays from financial institutions in meeting reporting requirements. On Friday, ASIC chair James Shipton told the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and ...

Revised penalties come down hard on white collar crime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... parliament this week, hoping to strengthen sanctions for corporate and financial sector misconduct. It comes in a year when the Royal Commission has highlighted financial services organisations often engaging in misconduct, despite the existence of legislation ...

TAL slashes jobs, cuts outbound sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... possible. In addition to ASIC's review of direct insurance, the move also follows recent scrutiny of such practices by the Royal Commission. Following an appearance by TAL's general manager of claims Loraine van Eeden, the insurer was slammed ...

Afterpay faces senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... on "debt vultures" and companies that operate on a "buy now, pay later" model. The motion comes off the back of the Hayne Royal Commission that excluded other financial services providers from its terms of reference, she said. "Labor wants to ensure ...