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RC interim report is fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... latest spot poll. The interim report, which summarised his views of the first four rounds of hearings, included financial advice, consumer lending, and financial issues affecting those living in remote and regional communities. Most (46%) of Financial ...

YTML launches advice app aggregator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Financial planning technology provider YTML is launching a financial advice app store. The Seido Financial Advice App Store will enable apps designed for each stage of the advice journey to work together to efficiently create compliant advice documents. ...

The goals-based opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... machines and algorithms will be utilised to perform much of the calculation, research and compliance functions of financial advice. The outcome will be ensured efficiencies for advisers. On the spot, personalised advice will be accessible to more Australian ...

Millennial money changes course after RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... risk," Lucas said. He thinks going forward the average Australian will find it more difficult and expensive to get financial advice, making it more important than ever that the fintech industry continues to grow to fill the gap and provide advice in ...

Royal Commission interim report flawed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report lacks understanding of financial advice and appears to have ignored submissions on the issues raised throughout the Royal Commission. That is the view of the Association of Financial Advisers which, in ...

Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
A new financial advice firm operating as a charity is changing the lives of low income earners in Western Australia. Registered with the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profit Commission, Leda Financial Advice was founded by financial adviser Michael ...

Regulatory inadequacy to blame: Hayne

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Inadequate regulatory response to previous financial advice scandals has enabled poor conduct to continue and exacerbate, according to the Royal Commission. In his interim report, Commissioner Hayne has said scandals dating back to the GFC can shed ...

Banking remuneration practices to blame for misconduct

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... and intermediaries that has been identified and is criticised in this report." The report drew on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms of 2012; the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR); and Sedgwick Review released in April 2017 suggesting ...

Advice industry in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Dishonesty and greed were the key themes that underscored the Royal Commission's hearing into financial advice, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has said. Releasing his interim report today, Hayne has said of the misconduct within Australia's major ...

Dishonest advice fees dent Westpac earnings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Westpac's cash earnings for 2018 will take a $235 million hit due to ongoing remediation to financial advice customers. The institution is estimating its full-year cash earnings will be reduced significantly as a result of provisions set aside for compensation ...