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ANZ chief says remediation is "distracting"

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... The panel also endeavoured to find out why the four major banks have been able to continue to operate below community standards while making significant profits. It pointed out that this could be due to the lack of competition in Australia's banking ...

FPA finds Sam Henderson guilty

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... expenses of the FPA, it said. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said FPA members are required to uphold the highest ethical standards within the financial planning profession. "Mr Henderson failed to meet those standards," De Gori said. Henderson was ...

APRA will rethink how it assesses risk: Byres

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... said that none of the industries that APRA regulates are a profession, and supported the establishment of professional standards. "There is no defined body of knowledge or high entry standards for those who perform key roles. Where codes of conduct exist ...

ASIC delays adviser reporting deadlines

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... FAR between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2019 will be recognised as an existing provider under the new professional standards. Yesterday, ASIC said it has released a new legislative instrument that delays reporting dates on number of disclosure obligations ...

Former AFA president recognised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... also led a number of the AFA's previous lobbying efforts. "He was the main force behind the need to increase education standards in the 80s and 90s, he was tireless in his efforts to present advice as a profession," Bineham said. As the AFA's culture ...

Perception is everything: Kewin

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... the last year has been ok for me or for you. The pressures of the Royal Commission and its horror stories, education standards, the rising cost of advice, squeezed revenues; it's all unprecedented and providing advice is becoming hard." "But you're ...

CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... representing CFAs is asking its charterholders be allowed to qualify as financial advisers, as FASEA overhauls the educational standards in the advice industry. CFA Institute chief executive Paul Smith was in Sydney for a briefing that addressed the ...

Scale integral to adviser success

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... match, including extracting greater value/quality from suppliers, better technology and industrialised controls and standards, the group said. As practices seek to expand their value proposition and product subsidisation is removed from licensee models ...

Pension fund names new investments lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... Meng will oversee about 400 employees and be responsible for investment policies, risk management, corporate governance standards, and environmental, social and governance strategies. CalPERS chief executive Marcie Frost said the fund is pleased to welcome ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... Costello said TAL and Rest are among the organisations that may have engaged in misconduct that fell below community standards. AMP may face criminal charges for deducting premiums from deceased members' accounts. CommInsure may have breached statutory ...