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ASIC super specialist jumps to law firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... firm and its innovative approach to its financial services practice." "The team covers all facets of the industry, from banking and insurance to superannuation and financial planning, with the scale and depth to advise on transactions, regulatory interactions ...

Industry super fund headcounts to swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... advisory teams," McGilton said. "Well-developed fixed income/credit skills remain harder to find although institutional banking professionals are transitioning. They are primarily driven by the relatively poorer culture at the banks and changes in lending ...

Financial incentive provokes misconduct: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... million accounts without proper customer authorisation allegedly just to charge fees and the stories to come out of the Banking Royal Commission in Australia. The authors said these examples all illustrate unethical pro-organisational behaviour. While ...

YBR to remediate wealth clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... management did not meet management's expectations. Ongoing negative sentiment surrounding the Royal Commission into the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry created significant uncertainty which had adversely affected the market ...

Members shift to industry super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... said while the retail sector has taken a hit, it will "come back in a competitive fashion". The "unwind" began before the banking Royal Commission, she said, at a time when the big banks and institutions began offloading their wealth divisions. Loane ...

CFS slashes trail commissions on some funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... commissions, backed by the federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who last month introduced legislation to end them by 2021. The banking Royal Commission's final report made a recommendation against grandfathered commissions, which ASIC has listed as ...

ASIC clamps down on poor advice, grandfathered commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... ASIC also flagged it will work diligently to help Frydenberg push through numerous legislative reforms stemming from the banking Royal Commission and Productivity Commission inquiry into superannuation. This includes the proposed conduct accountability ...

Dividend payouts stagnate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... kept its dividend flat for the eighth consecutive quarter. Pointing to Westpac's 3Q19 capital update, UBS highlighted the banking group will likely offer a discount on its dividend reinvestment plan. A dividend cut to 84 cents per share is also expected ...

KPMG names financial services head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... the former Barclays executive assume overall responsibility for the firm's wealth management, superannuation, insurance, banking, real estate and private equity advisory practices. Knoll joined KPMG in 2011 after around four and half years at Barclays ...

CommInsure sale stalls, sold for discount

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... insurance business for $150 million less than originally agreed as the sale experiences delays and regulatory roadblocks. The banking group today announced its divestment of CommInsure Life to AIA Group is facing an "extended period of uncertainty" as ...