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APRA banned one person in 10 years: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
The Royal Commission heard Australia's prudential regulator has banned one person for not being fit and proper since 2008 - after the law changed requiring APRA take the matter to court. Under examination from counsel assisting Michael Hodge, APRA deputy ...

CFA adds AI and fintech to curriculum

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... knowledge into our curricula on emerging topics like fintech and machine learning ensures our candidates are fully prepared to not only have a place in the industry, but to lead it." The CFA Institute estimates candidates study about 1000 hours on average ...

Fiducian continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... of interest to ensure that advice given to the client complies with the best interests duty and related obligations and is not tainted by conflict."

AMP incorrectly charged more than $26 million: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... charging. The incidents - known as AMP Capital expense recovery and AMP Capital fee rebate - related to fees which should not have been charged or should have been rebated to members. The commission heard the total value of the incidents was $3-3.5 million ...

Intra-fund advice conflicted: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... July 2014. About 6000 are in place between FirstChoice Employer and Financial Wisdom. Intra-fund advice, Chun said, does "not go beyond general advice." In essence, members receive advice around the benefits in their superannuation fund, whether it's ...

ANZ grilled over Smart Choice sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... it within a legal framework and the general advice rules are what you're trying to play within to make sure you're not misleading the customer," Pankhurst said. "You're not giving them any advice, you're simply telling them what the product ...

Frequent traders re-evaluate broking landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
Online brokers are being presented with a new business case to capture the most frequent traders - a group which has spiked in its considerations about switching broking platforms. Research firm Investment Trends said 9% of traders which transact more ...

SMSFA addresses policy hurdles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... specialist SMSF advice to be segregated from broader superannuation advice. Hogan added the SMSFA felt the FASEA changes were "not going perhaps where we would like them." The morning session saw Australian Tax Office acting assistant commissioner SMSF ...

Hayne sees red over failed merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund (ACRF) dated back to October 2016, the Royal Commission heard yesterday. By not going ahead with the merger, it failed to prioritise members' interest - a similar case to Energy Super backing down ...

Chief economist update: Look ma, inflation ate my wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... stabilise between 2-2.1% over the past four quarters." That's the positive spin from ABS chief economist Bruce Hockman. Not necessarily negative - wages are still growing after all - but the correct phrase should be wages growth had been painfully ...