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AI threatens financial services workers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... future; 78% of leaders said future business strategies hinge on AI. However, the same proportion are having a difficult time finding qualified staff to lead AI technology integration - a key skills gap holding Australian businesses back, Groth said. ...

ASIC's interpretation of best interest duty falls short: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
In responding to ASIC's report on adviser conflicts of interest in vertically-integrated institutions, the Financial Services Council suggested the regulator's interpretation of the appropriateness of advice could use some adjustments. Specifically ...

ASIC ramps up surveillance and remediation after adviser conflict report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
ASIC is ramping up its surveillance and remediation processes to help curb further adviser conflicts of interest within vertically integrated institutions. In light of the Report 562 findings, which examined adviser conflicts of interest across bank-owned ...

Vertically integrated institutions failing to manage conflicts of interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... product fees. ASIC determined that the advisers' preference for in-house products was the likely cause, with the regulator finding that, despite in-house products accounting for just 21% of the combined APLs of each institution's two largest licensees ...

Advice group solidifies Gen-Y positioning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... helping HNW baby boomers. We soon identified that all elements of the advice process from marketing to educating, to fact finding, to investing and advice philosophies were very different between the two target demographics and, in order to get the best ...

Last chance to win a Google Home

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
There is only hours left to participate in the Financial Standard Readership Survey and be in the running to win one of 10 Google Home smart speakers. More than 300 Financial Standard readers have responded to the survey, telling us how we can improve ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... participation rate to 65.7% from 65.5%, suggesting stronger confidence among job-seekers that they'll be successful in finding jobs - one that's consistent with the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer confidence survey showing the unemployment expectations ...

New ETF to combat gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
UBS has launched an exchange traded fund supporting companies actively progressing gender equality in the workplace. The Global Gender Equality UCITS ETF is the latest addition to the suite of impact investment products offered by UBS. It will invest ...

Getting better and betterer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... that showed widespread tightness in the labour market with "most Districts reported employers were having difficulties finding qualified workers across various skill levels."

Don't miss your chance to win a Google Home

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
More than 240 Financial Standard readers have responded to our annual readership survey. This is your chance to have a say. We're aiming to improve our content and how we deliver industry news based on your valued insights. The survey is open until ...