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NAB still unclear on true impact of misconduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... $42 million. This week, it topped up its provisions by $314 million, flagging there could be potential for more. In the Royal Commission interim report it admitted it was investigating other circumstances where plan service fees or adviser service fees ...

Adviser-client relationships not swayed by RC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
About 56% of consumers and more than a third of SMEs feel the revelations of the Royal Commission have had no impact on the way they interact with their financial adviser. New research from MetLife shows the Royal Commission has had no impact on the ...

Financial services employment to boom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The employment outlook for the financial services sector is at a six-year high, despite the Royal Commission. Latest figures from Manpower show the net employment outlook for the finance, insurance and real estate sectors is up 21% for the fourth quarter ...

Mercer wins two super fund mandates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... association will end this year. It's another blow for AMP as it continues to deal with the fallout from the Financial Services Royal Commission. Mercer Australia managing director and chief executive Ben Walsh said the firm's scale and capability would ...

SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... superannuation, June Smith reinforced the importance of quality advice to the SMSF sector following recent criticism by ASIC and the Royal Commission. Appearing as part of a panel session at the Association of Financial Advisers' National Adviser Conference ...

Advisers: Keep your clients off A Current Affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... about at the moment is our industry," Parker said. "Forgive me if I'm out of line here. Putting aside the events of the Royal Commission, our industry is going through a hell of a lot of turmoil. There's been so much attention on financial planning and ...

Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... recently who said he's doing it tough; ASIC doesn't realise what it's doing to advisers, the politicians don't realise, the Royal Commission doesn't realise what it's doing. This is my life's work," he said. "He'd been depressed for 12 months. Fortunately ...

Advice is valuable but advocacy issues abound

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... brands have taken a beating," Inwood said. "But your personal brand hasn't taken a beating. People are conflating it (the Royal Commission) with the businesses, but not with you. Personally, there's been little impact."

ANZ chief says remediation is "distracting"

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... "distracting." The inquiry is currently scrutinising the chiefs of the four major banks on the back of revelations from the Royal Commission. The Standing Committee on Economics panel put it down to cultural problems that came from the top. Elliot said ...

AFA remains steady ahead of FASEA reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... advice industry at present. "This is quite rare to do. It's just a very difficult time, and where we at the moment with the Royal Commission and FASEA, we just want that consistency of leadership," Bineham said. "This time next year, we will know what ...