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A-REIT chair retires, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... has almost 20 years' experience in financial services, working across investment banking, corporate finance and corporate law. McFadden is currently the chair of Eftpos Payments Australia and president of the Takeovers Panel. She also holds directorships ...

Royal Commission seeks further disclosure over financial misconduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne had to repeatedly ask some of Australia's largest financial services businesses to properly explain the nature, extent and effect of any misconduct over the past five to 10 years. Overseeing the Royal Commission into the Misconduct ...

Retirees force the politics of income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
Aberdeen Standard Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson told the 2018 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum that retirees' influence on populism is a major dilemma for asset managers globally. Since the Global Financial Crisis retirees have ...

Court fines advice firm $7.8m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... of poor conduct. "This is a significant outcome in a case where a financial services business has deliberately flouted the law and targeted financially vulnerable consumers," he said. Yes FS and Yes FP were placed into liquidation in September 2017 and ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... froth and the complacency in the financial markets, aligning it more with America's economic fundamentals. Surely, as Newton's law of motion - "an object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant velocity" - posits, the sell orders on ...

Government passes BEAR reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime legislation was passed in the Senate yesterday. The legislation aims to incentivise good behaviour and ensure banks and individuals are held accountable for their actions if they fail to meet the expected ...

Small advice firms face big data breach penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
Small financial advice practices that breach new cybersecurity laws coming into effect next month can face penalties of up to $1.8 million. The stark warning comes from the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, which is urging small ...

CBA embroiled in rate-rigging allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... scandals that will test newly minted chief executive Matt Comyn's leadership, which include anti-money and counter-terrorism law breaches, and shareholder class action alleging it failed continuous disclosure obligations. ASIC commenced similar proceedings ...

Institutions urged to overhaul outdated risk management practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... freely criticised the banks, subjected them to intense parliamentary scrutiny, and has announced its intention to impose new law on accountability and remuneration. And now after much political battle, there is to be a Royal Commission into misconduct ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... a substantial lift from the 0.40 pps it contributed to September quarter growth. This, even before Trump's tax cuts became law. And the future? The Wall Street Journal's article headlined "The Tax Law, Just One Month Old, Is Roaring Through U.S. Companies" ...