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"Collegiality" hinders appointments of female executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
When selecting new board members, a majority (66.7%) of ASX 200 company boards tend to gravitate towards candidates whom they know - a situation which hinders the selection of female employees to male-dominated boards, according to a new survey from ...

RC suggests separating platforms and advice licensees

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
One of the key points made by Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr at the end of the financial advice Royal Commission was that vertical integration of advice licensees and platform providers carries systemic risk. Orr said that licensees using approved ...

MGP responds to Henderson's RC hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The managed account provider brought into the Royal Commission spotlight by Henderson Maxwell chief executive Sam Henderson has distanced itself from the situation. A line of questioning during Henderson's appearance at the Commission on Tuesday saw ...

Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling on industry superannuation funds to review partnerships with the big banks in light of issues exposed at the financial services Royal Commission. In a letter to industry fund chief executives, ACTU secretary ...

Westpac obscured bad adviser reference check

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The Royal Commission found Westpac downplayed the gravity of former financial adviser Andrew Smith's misconduct not only to the regulator but with another licensee he was joining. Smith commenced as a financial adviser with Westpac subsidiary St George ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The latest Australian employment growth stat misses market expectations. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update shows that while the unemployment rate remained at 5.5% in March - in line with expectations and unchanged from the January and ...

Chief economist update: The colour of Beige

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Speculators speculating on the US Federal Reserve's next monetary policy movement should pay close attention to the Beige Book Report. The "book" isn't made up of figures and numbers and stats but instead anecdotal evidence on the state of the US economy. ...

AMP platform fees laid bare

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
The Royal Commission brought to light several gaping holes in AMP's fee charging mechanisms across its platforms, as well as its inaction to comply with the legislative changes concerning opt-in financial advice fees. AMP head of platform development ...

AMP's buyer of last resort measures scrutinised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
AMP has admitted that its Buyer of Last Resort measures, up until June 2017, were designed to incentivise financial advisers to show preference for its in-house platforms. Giving evidence on the first day of the Royal Commission's inquiry into financial ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about oil baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's ongoing battle to keep the price of oil heading north or to around US$80 per barrel received some press after in an interview with Time magazine, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said that: "We believe oil prices will ...