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Dover roasted for 'Orwellian' protection policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The Royal Commission scrutinised Dover Financial Advisers' former client protection policy, demonstrating its essential purpose to be to exonerate the licensee of any liability in the event of misconduct by authorised representatives. Counsel Assisting ...

Future Fund continues progress yet challenges lay ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... that challenges lay ahead in the long-term. "Looking at the investment environment, sustained economic growth across the major advanced economies is positive for the near-term, although the longer-term outlook remains challenging. Interest rates globally ...

Royal Commission presents clear downside for bank stocks

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... retail banking divisions and whether some of these businesses need to be sold or spun off." Nowacki also noted that the "major deregulation tailwinds" the banks have benefited from since the 1980s are now likely reversing - already evidenced by APRA ...

Government targeted for delaying Royal Commission

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... "protection racket." It's hard to imagine anyone sensitive to their own best interests using a planner associated with a major Oz bank in light of revelations at the Royal Commission. Raises serious questions of integrity for vertically integrated offerings ...

Royal Commission latest: CBA doing more with fewer advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... clients who weren't receiving ongoing services based on a brief and limited review conducted at the time, Hodge said. A major problem which surfaced with ongoing service packages was that clients declined the annual review offer but were still charged ...

Insto licensees still bleeding talent

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
The number of advisers using non-institutional licensees increased by 11.9% in the 12 months to December 2017, while institutionally-owned licensees saw adviser numbers fall by 4.4%. A new Rainmaker report explains that the number of registered advisers ...

Advice not yet a real profession: Kell

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... the entry of some of the larger financial institutions into the sector, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, several of the major banks made major acquisitions of wealth management or life insurance firms, and established major financial advice businesses ...

SMSF home bias drags returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... remained positive over the 12 months with a return of 9.2%. The threat of trade wars also brought a volatile start to 2018. The major developed markets all saw large falls with the S&P500 Accumulation Index posting a negative 3.7%, while the FTSE Euro ...

Freedom acquires bank insurance arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... products exclusively for three years with the option to extend for two years. Cohen added this transaction represents another major step for FIG as its sees tremendous opportunity in life insurance. He expects the transaction to have a neutral effect ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... rate and in line with expectatios - and 4.5% in the same month of 2017. The US Census Bureau reported that eight of the 13 major retail categories reported increases in the month of March: These include: autos (2%); furniture & home furniture stores ...