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FASEA clarifies adviser exam rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
Among a wide-ranging update on Friday evening, the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority concreted several aspects to an industry exam. It also released a standards blueprint. FASEA said the duration of the financial adviser exam will be ...

ASX dismisses concern over AMP sale

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... require shareholder approval to move forward with the planned $3.3 billion sale of its wealth protection businesses. On Friday the exchange confirmed AMP was not required to seek shareholder approval to sell its wealth protection businesses to UK firm ...

Westpac cops BBSW fine

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... $3.3 million penalty over its involvement in the bank bill swap rate saga that's ensnared Australian banks this year. On Friday the Federal Court ordered the bank pay $3.3 million for contravening the ASIC Act in its involvement in setting the BBSW eight ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... Australian Financial Review 's "Before the Bell" spread saying: "Wall Street's three major stock indexes lost ground on Friday, after a week of recovery from the October sell-off, as oil prices fell further and more evidence of a slowing Chinese ...

Westpac admits it didn't take FoFA seriously

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... administration of its salaried planners. It is working to identify how big the issue is for the bank's aligned advisers. On Friday, Westpac said it was expecting its compensation bill to shave off $281 million from its FY18 cash earnings - this was $46 ...

Macquarie to front Royal Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... public hearings will be held in Sydney at the Lionel Bowen Building, 97-99 Goulburn Street, from Monday, November 19 to Friday, November 23, and in Melbourne at the Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 305 William Street, from Monday, November 26 to Friday ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... in China. This is the biggest single day gained since 2 March 2016 (4.3%) and followed the 2.5% jump in the index last Friday. This is to be expected given that China's "president for life" has added his voice, promising unwavering support for China's ...

Post Royal Commission change is all talk: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... Commission, ASIC is still experiencing deliberate delays from financial institutions in meeting reporting requirements. On Friday, ASIC chair James Shipton told the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that the regulator ...

MSCI Australia executive director departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... director who helped establish MSCI's Australian presence has left the company after 17 years. Departing the business on Friday, Michael Anderson spoke of how MSCI has gone from a "one person start up" to a company with 20 staff and four product lines ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... is now in a bear market, down 22.9% since the start of 2018 (and that includes the 2.6% jump recorded by the index last Friday). The risk here is the definition of a bear market itself... "A bear market is a condition in which securities prices fall ...