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CFA Institute begins Australian chief executive search

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... will report to the Governance Council for CFA Societies Australia, and will be tasked with driving higher professional standards and integrity across the investment industry according to the advertisement. Additionally, the organisation is seeking a ...

Industry wants one-stop-shop professional body: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The financial services industry is voting in favour of one overarching professional body to oversee standards and codes of conduct, Financial Standard' latest spot poll shows. We asked readers to respond to the statement: Does the financial services ...

ANZ culls sales incentives for planners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... removed all sales incentives for bonuses and will now only asses performance on customer satisfaction, risk and compliance standards and ANZ values. To keep its adviser pool clean of inappropriate planners, ANZ is promising to boot out planners if they ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... comes to the dynamics between life insurance and the financial advice sector, participants said adviser remuneration and standards need reforms to improve outcomes for customers. Many (56%) believed such reforms would improve the low levels of consumer ...

Government names AFCA board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... Mackay is the principal adviser at Quantum Financial. She is also a director on the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board and a member of both the ASIC external advisory panel and the FPA's professional standards and conduct committee. ...

CBA enters APRA EU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... that our governance, culture and accountability frameworks and practices are significantly improved and meet the high standards expected of us." She added that changes have been underway throughout 2017 at both the board and operational levels, including ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... and ASX Listing Rules." "AMP executives gave evidence at the Royal Commission that their conduct fell far short of the standards expected by shareholders, investors, policy holders and community expectations generally." Slater and Gordon head of class ...

Sixty per cent of FPA members hold degree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... requirement for the Certified Financial Planner or CFP designation." The FPA has canvassed member opinion on Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority proposals which aim to increase education standards for financial advisers. So far members are ...

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

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... leaving him uninsured for three months, and finally charged him an exit fees of $16,000. He failed to meet the minimum standards in his audit, was referred to an advice committee chaired by Britt, and let go with the belief that he was new and junior ...

Saxo Bank moves banking platform to cloud

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... key stakeholders such as regulators to ensure that cloud solutions continue to evolve and support the high regulatory standards that define the financial industry," Fournai said. The 25-year old fintech was among the first to launch online investment ...