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Royal Commission: And that is a wrap

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... again, is as it should be. But it is also right that I recognise the role that the media has played in this being a public inquiry by reporting on the work of the Commission." The barristers will be working closely with the Commissioner over the next ...

FS Power50 names most influential advisers in 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... advisers, all 23,000 of them, to become the country's largest group of influencers." Following the Royal Commission inquiry, there has never been a better time to acknowledge those who are striving to lift the professionalism of the industry, Snyder ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... taxation for wealthier seniors as the first-best solution. It's a key point in their submission to Parliament's inquiry into the implications of removing refundable franking credits. The good and bad of Labor's proposal Put forth in March ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... ASFA chair Michael Easson didn't shy away from the criticism of the Royal Commission. Following a video recap of the inquiry, Easson said restoring public trust is the industry's biggest challenge and should be key focus going forward. "Our industry ...

Trust in advice hits record low

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... the notion that the sector has been treated unfairly by the media. Two-thirds of Australians reported being aware of the inquiry, while about 25% said they have been following the proceedings closely. "The trust impact of the Royal Commission is real ...

Macquarie to front Royal Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
Macquarie Group will front the financial services Royal Commission for the first time when the inquiry reconvenes for its final round of public hearings. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne released the list of entities called to give evidence in the seventh ...

Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... its implications. Higgins confirmed Argo made a submission the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics inquiry into the implications of Labor's policy, which strongly voices the objections of the firm. Argo's public posturing on the ...

Afterpay faces senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
The Labor party will launch a senate inquiry into whether regulation around payday lenders such as Afterpay is adequately protecting low and middle income, and financially stressed Australians. Labor senator Jenny McAllister said yesterday that the ...

NAB still unclear on true impact of misconduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Andrew Thorburn failed to give an exact number of clients hit by the bank's misconduct as he fronted the parliamentary inquiry into major banks in Canberra this morning. Thorburn said he expects the total number of customers impacted to be "hundreds ...

ANZ chief says remediation is "distracting"

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott has admitted to a parliamentary inquiry that the bank saw its remediation programs as a "distraction" and at one point took up to 15 years to compensate some customers. This morning, Elliott told the House of Representatives ...