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Industry welcomes final Better Banking report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... further work to be done to bed these down," Bligh said. "Banks have made a large investment in reform to better meet community expectations, such as changing the way bank staff are paid and improving customer protections under the new Banking Code. "While ...

Trustee services provider buys advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... was paramount in agreeing to the sale. "It was critical that we secured a buyer who is product agnostic, supports our community with a growth and succession mindset, and whose other business interests and acquisition plans are compatible with our values," ...

OneVue to create digital community via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
OneVue acquired an online education platform for both financial advisers and consumers as part of a wider strategy to better connect the advice and funds management industries with investors. OneVue has bought digital distribution and education platform ...

AMP admits to serious misconduct in RC submissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... said AMP acknowledged it has engaged in conduct that it characterised as "possible misconduct or conduct falling below community standards and expectations." AMP made a series of acknowledgements of possible contraventions of the Corporations Act and ...

Digital broker partners for multi-asset trading

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... platform to overseas investors, with the new integration set to provide the platform with access to the world's largest community of buy-side traders and portfolio managers in the world. OpenMarkets chief executive officer Andrea Marani said the step ...

CBA advice failures unacceptable: Comyn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... services Royal Commission tackles advice on Monday. Commonwealth Financial Planning and BW Financial Advice will pay a community benefit of $3 million as part of the EU. The advice firms' total compensation bill now sits at $88 million plus interest ...

AFA responds to 'disappointing' PJC life insurance report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... few, the Australian public will be deprived of a profession that provides an immeasurable benefit to people and the community in which they live," he said. The AFA's next steps involve speaking to the government with respect to its views on the repor ...

Prime Access bungle costs ANZ $50 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... compensation program is nearing completion, ASIC said. ASIC, today, also ordered the bank to pay $3 million to not-for-profit community organisations, taking its compensation bill to about $50 million, without the legal costs.

Two industry funds merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... industry fund. Brisbane-based QIEC Super comprises members working in non-government education, child and other care, and community services industries. It was formed on 1 July 1993, following the merger of Childcare and Kindergarten Employees Superannuation ...

Executive pay structure still fuels risk-taking: APRA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... used by companies to boost staff performance, accountability mechanisms are the stick...However, the perception in the community is that in the financial sector, particularly at senior executive level, the carrots are large and the sticks are brittle. ...