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Australian trust in financial services low

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... that would be unsurprising because we have had a global financial crisis, we have had a number of scandals. From a regulation perspective we see there is certainly a need for a move towards addressing issues about trust in the industry." Fitzpatrick ...

Good asset owners benchmarked at $30bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... past 30 years growth has been fuelled by credit expansion but now it's going to come from equity. That will come with regulation for sure, but what an opportunity for us as an industry," Ford said.

Latest APRA stats show drop in super assets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... Superannuation assets fell 0.6% in the year to 31 March, according to the latest stats from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. Total super assets dropped to $2 trillion in the 12-month period partially driven by poor investment performance. ...

SMSFA appoints academic to board

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... leadership positions at Australian universities and is a published researcher with a particular focus of financial regulation, superannuation, innovation and commercialisation. She has more than 20 years' experience as a non-executive director on both ...

Industry super fund establishes insurance company

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
The power of industry regulation has again shown its hand, paving the way for one of Australia's largest superannuation funds to establish its own registered life insurance company. From 1 July federal legislation will require all super funds to have ...

Medcraft steps down from global leadership position

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... tenure, saying in a statement: "IOSCO reinforced its position as the key global reference point for securities markets regulation. The organization increased its work on risk identification and mitigation, and assisting members in building capacity and ...

Robo advice set to fail: Morningstar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... about servicing your client in a way that they want to be serviced. "For the first time in a long time this is not a regulation driven change, this is a genuinely client centric level of innovation that we're all going to be a part of," Whelan conclu ...

Focus Financial looking for more local partners

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... over the human element of advice, which is still going to be the most important player." Kodialam added that stronger regulation in the Australian financial services industry will help to put clients at the centre of advice, just as it has in the US. ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... people needed to know what cash flows look like, whether it is administrative given the tax laws and given APRA and ASIC regulation." At the end of 2014, Knox recalls he sent out an email to the people who had been involved in the Lifetime Plus project ...

Bank love affair with wealth management waning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... executive, Shayne Elliot argues is not worth it. "In today's world, and wealth is a brilliant example, with all the regulation and complexity, if you're trying to do the right thing by customers and put out a decent return for shareholders, simplicity ...