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Why remediation jobs aren't short-term

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
The woman who ran BT Financial Group's advice remediation program has revealed what financial advisers need to know about remediation, and why some of the banks may make their remediation teams permanent. Melissa Bogg was program director and head ...

Financial regulators poised for action

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... financial markets, including the relaxation of some regulatory requirements and the acceleration of outstanding customer remediation. As COVID-19 impacts global financial markets, Australia's regulators have outlined plans to ensure the local system ...

IOOF profits fall 39%, advice margins drop

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... revenue share. IOOF said Shadforth advisers have increased their clients' weighting to IOOF portfolio administration. Remediation estimate was held at $223 million and IOOF expects to commence remediation payments by June this year.

Advisers choose remediation over advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... revealed advertisements for jobs in financial advice are only attracting between two and eight applications, while advice remediation jobs can see up to 300 applicants. Christopher Gordon is director at Profusion Group, a recruiter that specialises in ...

NAB further delays offloading MLC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... also explore alternative transaction structures and options," it said. "To assist our exit, our focus includes client remediation, operational separation and enhancing long term business sustainability. "NAB will take a disciplined approach to the exit ...

Compensation bill hits $750m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... Macquarie Equities to undertake work that was "largely consistent" with ASIC's review. ASIC commenced the review into the remediation programs in 2015 with the purpose of understanding how effectively the institutions supervised their financial advisers ...

AMP to pay $5m for churn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... permanently banned by ASIC in 2016. The court has indicated it will also make orders requiring AMP to undertake a review and remediation program to ensure those clients subjected to churning are identified and remediated. It will also expect AMP to formulate ...

Argo Investments' profit plunges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... holdings. "Despite equity markets rising in general, the first half saw further weakness in banking stocks as escalating remediation costs, new AUSTRAC allegations and continued management changes, particularly for Westpac, continued to weigh on the ...

New chief at HSBC Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Japan between 2012 and 2016. After that, he was head of wholesale credit and market risk for Asia-Pacific and head of remediation officer for Asia-Pacific. HSBC said it is commencing a three-year plan for Australia that aims to grow its banking model ...

Banking sector losses continue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... result. "The brand's revenue has been falling consistently over the past few years, and with the high costs of customer remediation following the inquiry needing to be factored in, the bank's position seems unlikely to change in the coming year," the ...