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Institutions respond to Royal Commission, make commitments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... criticism over how NAB's board dealt with issues, and singled out Thorburn for treating issues of fees-for-no-service as "nothing more than carelessness combined with system deficiencies." This, he said, despite NAB's remediation costs now likely to ...

Bill Gross announces retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... interests first when inventing and reinventing active bond management. Thanking both firms and their respective teams, he said nothing is possible without a team working together with a common interest. "I've been fortunate to have had that. And thank ...

OPINION: Post RC, where to now for retail super?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... interest will be handled by laws tightened to ensure trustees will be expected to do their job of looking out for members and nothing but that job. Retail trustees that try to combine their job with that of sales-feeding funnels for associated wealth ...

Grandfathered commissions to be banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... exception must be closely and cogently justified. Saying only that there may be 'disruption' or 'unintended consequences' is nothing but a naked appeal to fear of the future," Hayne said.

Chief economist update: Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... part-time jobs (up by 24,600). Full-time jobs fell by 3000 that followed a 7300 subtraction in the previous month. This does nothing to improve the outlook for consumer spending for as dictated by the "permanent income hypothesis", consumption and spending ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... clicks away. For as May said so herself: "It is clear the House does not support this deal. But tonight's vote tells us nothing about what it does support." David Cameron must be thanking his lucky stars when he decided to cut clean and leave his ...

Productivity Commission report puts banks first: ACTU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... workers, specifying women and young people. "The proposed changes are all about giving more power to the big banks and have nothing to do with making sure more working people have a secure and comfortable retirement," O'Neil said. "If the government ...

Superannuation a mystery to students: survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... survey has revealed a "startling knowledge gap" in super, with close to half of Australian students knowing little to nothing about superannuation. Student Super's survey also found that 42% percent of the polled students were unsure about how much ...

IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
The $113 billion manager will look towards congested cities to deploy future capital but nothing as big as its Westconnex investment is on the horizon, newly-appointed chair Greg Combet said in a media call today. The former Labor federal minister took ...

Social media reacts to final Royal Commission hearings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... hot seat. #BankingRoyalCommision #bankingRC #BanksRC #ABC730. The Royal Commission ended as expected quietly. Achieved nothing for victims, and I understand, victims are extremely unhappy. With the Debt colectiors back in full action, many families will ...