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Post Royal Commission change is all talk: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... as quickly as it should," he said. "Due process is important, but it must not be manipulated to disrupt the achievement of fair, appropriate and honest outcomes." He then warned institutions of the ramifications if such conduct continues. "If institutions ...

Adviser-client relationships not swayed by RC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... 'excellent' or 'very good.' However, 13% of consumers and 11% of SMEs were less complimentary, rating their adviser as 'poor' or 'fair.' "We've seen a lot of negativity about financial advice in the media, but consumers and SMEs are both telling us that ...

FPA finds Sam Henderson guilty

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... super funds to gain access to their details. Also appearing at the Royal Commission was Henderson's former client and Fair Work commissioner Donna McKenna. She said he pushed her to her to roll over into an SMSF managed by his firm, deposit any extra ...

Quant manager seeks to unscramble cryptocurrency dictionary

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
A $160 billion global quantitative investment manager is supporting research that aims to determine whether cryptocurrency prices are predictable. Using natural language processing, the Oxford-Man Institute research is attempting to identify tradeable ...

RC interim report is fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Findings in Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report are fair and reasonable, according to Financial Standard's latest spot poll. The interim report, which summarised his views of the first four rounds of hearings, included financial advice ...

AMP defends charging dead clients

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
AMP has defended its practice of charging premiums to dead life insurance customers in a submission to the financial services Royal Commission. The wealth manager continued to deduct life insurance premiums from a deceased customer, even after AMP has ...

Labor Government on the cards: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... eligible, you must earn less than $150,000 a year. The latest poll asks if Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report is fair and reasonable or falls short.

NZ Super Fund delivers 12.4pct, braces for future

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... Whineray said. "While the fund remains heavily weighted towards growth assets such as shares, with many markets at or above fair value, we have lowered the amount of active risk being taken. This is a measure of how different the fund's actual portfolio ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
The Finance Sector Union has welcomed the release of Commissioner Hayne's interim report, labeling it an important first step in reforming the financial services industry. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said the union agrees wholeheartedly ...

Interim report dotted with questions

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
What is to gain from passing new law? That's one of many questions that dotted Commissioner Kenneth Hayne executive summary for the Banking Royal Commission's final report. Hayne boiled down his 643-word summary to two questions: Why did it ...