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Westpac to review history of new applicants

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... anyone who does the wrong thing has nowhere to hide," she said. "Banks already conduct police record checks, but this might not always uncover serious types of misconduct. Anyone who is guilty of a serious type of misconduct that breaches bank policy ...

Life consumers influenced by premium pricing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... time of claiming when customers may need to answer more detailed health questions and supply a report from their doctor. "Not only does this slow the process down at a time when a customer is emotionally distressed, but it could reveal a pre-existing ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... According to Factset data, iron ore prices have fallen by 31.2% this year to date while that of coking coal is down 37.1%. Not only this, we learned from the National Accounts that exports accounted for the biggest subtraction (0.4 percentage points) ...

Private equity firm confirms $2.2bn bid

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... be paid before implementation of the scheme, options or performance rights would be acquired or cancelled, net debt would not rise above $1.1 billion, that Vocus will not have less than a normalised level of working capital at completion and earnings ...

ASIC bans former Westpac adviser

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... advice services and were entitled to receive these reviews. The regulator found that: Sinha's conduct demonstrated that he was not adequately trained, or was not competent to provide financial services during his employment with Westpac; and Sinha was ...

Centrepoint streamlines adviser transitioning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
Advisers wanting to join Centrepoint Alliance can now do so via an online application, speeding up the process for those looking to transition between dealer groups. Head of advice services at Centrepoint, Karen Machovsky said the portal eases the transition ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
"Better, but not good enough": this is how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sees developments in the global economy. The OECD also answered its own question - "Will risks derail the modest recovery?" - initially posted ...

Advisers must prepare for the next generation of clients

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... clients, according to former XY adviser and author Clayton Daniel. Speaking to Financial Standard, Daniel said consumers - not institutions - are leading the charge towards non-traditional financial products, and financial advisers must stay on top of ...

Default super must protect member interests: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... executive Eva Scheerlinck says the results also show the public want a default superannuation system that values members, not shareholders. "This includes ensuring that members' interests come ahead of any employer incentives offered by banks and other ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... remains confident that economic growth will "increase gradually over the next couple of years to a little above 3 per cent." If not, the slowdown in dwelling investments in the March quarter - it detracted 0.3 percentage points from growth during the ...