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The future of advice fee structures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
To ensure the success of financial advice businesses in the post-Royal Commission world, financial advisers must separate planning and product advice fees, as well as benchmark both planning advice fees and portfolio performance. That is the view of ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... talent within the industry but, at the same time, the huge responsibility in their hands to restore consumer trust. "With the Royal Commission inquiry and the Productivity Commission findings, it is incumbent upon the industry to regain public trust. ...

Industry responds to Dover shutdown

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... providing financial services." In this context, and that of Dover chief executive Terry McMaster's appearance at the Royal Commission in April, the AFA acknowledged that efforts to facilitate meetings between its licensee partners and affected advisers ...

What worries Aussie advisers: Natixis

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
The financial services Royal Commission coupled with the recent collapse of Dover Financial Advisers suggests it should come as no surprise that financial advisers are finding it difficult to navigate Australia's regulatory landscape. The 2018 Natixis ...

AMP adds legal expert to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... Chair Catherine Brenner's resignation triggered a number of changes to AMP's board following its appearance at the Royal Commission. Financial System Inquiry overseer and former CBA chief executive David Murray replaces Brenner in July. Three ...

AFA criticises draft FASEA standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... in the code of ethics or addresses how to establish the correct compliance culture. What emerged from the second round of Royal Commission hearings is that the advice industry "remains vulnerable to negative stories about misconduct on the part of a ...

Global investment bank expands Australian team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
The investment banking arm of the Royal Bank of Canada expanded its Australian distribution with the appointment of a head of fixed income sales. New York based Christopher Muirhead will join RBC Capital Markets Australian team in Sydney, linking from ...

Managing Director departs AMP-backed planning network

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... March 2017. His resignation follows a series of high profile departures from AMP and its related entities in the wake of the Royal Commission. In May the wealth manager lost Pally Bargri, chief risk officer of its advice business who cited challenging ...

Outlook darkens for bank stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... is not yet pegging a 40% downturn as its base, primarily because it sees potential for a "political solution" where the Royal Commission's findings are not implemented immediately. However, the two to three month window between Royal Commission's ...

Royal Commission backlash continues for banks: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
About one in three Australians are more likely to switch their banking institution as a direct result of the Royal Commission, according to new research. About 10% of respondents to a survey commissioned by the Customer Owned Banking Association claim ...