Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 101 - 110 of 398 results for "Big 4 banks"

Finding value in Fairfax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
There are signs of life in Fairfax yet but the big banks are less promising, according to Auscap Asset Management. Speaking at the Financial Standard Adviser Big Day Out in Wollongong this morning, Auscap head of distribution Lee Hopperton provided ...

Advice firm partners for lending expertise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... Cardena recognised an opportunity in the fact that people are seeking lending solutions from providers other than the big banks. "Consumers in growing numbers are seeking more competitive products, pricing and alternatives when it comes to home loans ...

Macquarie axes grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... Macquarie and BTFG follows the condemnation of grandfathered arrangements by the Royal Commission earlier this year. The big banks and AMP copped widespread criticism for the practice - a legacy of the 2013 FoFA reforms - and ASIC, in its submission ...

Industry wants one-stop-shop professional body: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... that if I went to an independent financial adviser I wouldn't be subjected to the product flogging associated with the big banks and yet all I'm being flogged is Henderson Maxwell's own products and services...The advice was so poor that I all but threw ...

Macquarie platform, wrap businesses soar

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... its platforms were not competitively priced much to the financial disadvantage of customers. ANZ, which was among the big banks and AMP to appear before the Commission, has estimated it will incur about $50 million of legal and miscellaneous costs for ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) calling on industry superannuation funds to review their partnerships with the big banks in a letter penned by ACTU secretary Sally McManus. See more: Royal Commission singles out 325 NAB staff cutting corners ...

High profile adviser under fire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... that if I went to an independent financial adviser I wouldn't be subjected to the product flogging associated with the big banks and yet all I'm being flogged is Henderson Maxwell's own products and services...The advice was so poor that I all but threw ...

Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling on industry superannuation funds to review partnerships with the big banks in light of issues exposed at the financial services Royal Commission. In a letter to industry fund chief executives, ACTU secretary ...

Flinders fund offers insto rates for retail investors on HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... to deliver capital growth in coming years, the investment manager said. "Looking at the ASX top 20 - right across the big banks, miners, supermarkets and Telstra - there's nothing that looks very attractive in terms of growth, so it is a perfect time ...

Major banks overlooking elder abuse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... recently and fears technology changes will replace jobs and close down branches, Riley said there are fears the other big banks will follow suit. When faced with new technology and change, older Australians will often put trust in a family member to ...