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Industry dubious about one regulatory body: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... is still uncertain in how it will enforce the Banking Executive Accountability Regime if it is breached. This week's poll asks: Will post-retirement products gain more adviser traction in 2019 ?

Aussie investors calm about next 12 months

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
Seven in 10 Australian investors are confident about opportunities in the next 12 months, a sentiment that is more bullish than global counterparts. Research from Legg Mason polled 16,810 active direct investors globally, including 1000 Australians ...

FASEA exam is not fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The compulsory financial adviser and curriculum examination has been branded as unfair, according to Financial Standard's latest online survey. An overwhelming number of financial advisers (68%) said the long-awaited exam the Financial Adviser Standards ...

Stop undermining franking credit refunds: Wilson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... online petition in a bid to keep the current dividend imputation system. It has received more than 26,000 signatures. In a poll of 3027 signatories conducted over July and August 2018, WAM found that about 70% of respondents earn $90,000 or less per ...

Overhaul executive remuneration: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... remunerated its executives at the financial services Royal Commission. Eighty-nine percent of respondents in our recent spot poll want to see remuneration structures aligned to better customer outcomes. During chair Catherine Livingstone's testimony ...

Stop genetic testing questions: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
Life insurers should be banned from asking consumers if they have undertaken a genetic test, Financial Standard 's latest readership survey reveals. The majority (62%) of readers said they "agree" or "strongly agree" that life insurers should stop asking ...

Cybercrime protection inadequate: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... than half of Financial Standard readers are not confident they are adequately protected from cybercrime, the latest spot poll reveals. Fifty-four per cent of respondents said they are vulnerable to breaches, hackers and cyberattacks as they have no confidence ...

Assistant Treasurer warns super funds to lift engagement game

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... advisers and should not be helping employees choose super funds or join other funds. Doing so is against the law. A straw poll conducted at the conference found most employees (87%) are in the default superannuation fund of their employer. A staggering ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... superannuation funds and investment managers divest tobacco from portfolios and encourage others to follow suit, a Financial Standard poll shows the initiative has a mixed effect on investors. The survey, which asked what best described the growing momentum ...

Investors unfazed by market volatility: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... not spooking investors as the majority are adamant about holding onto their equity portfolio, Financial Standard's spot poll shows. Most readers (61%) said volatility raging in global and local share markets won't force them to change their asset ...