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Blue Sky funds downgraded after profit revisions

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
Two Blue Sky funds have been rated "unapproved" and "low investment grade" by SQM Research after the manager conceded it had fallen short of shareholder expectations. Blue Sky's Alternatives Access Fund was downgraded to 3.25 stars and recommended as ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The latest Australian employment growth stat misses market expectations. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update shows that while the unemployment rate remained at 5.5% in March - in line with expectations and unchanged from the January and ...

Royal Commission case study: advice put retirement in ruins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
A Westpac case study analysed by the Royal Commission has demonstrated the devastating impact of inappropriate financial advice. Providing testimony in the first case study of inappropriate advice to be explored by the Commission, former Westpac customer ...

Wealth management products make big leaps in digital sales readiness

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Australians can now apply for 60% of all wealth management products offered by the country's biggest banks from their mobile phones, according to a fintech which helps financial services companies acquire clients. Avoka measured digital sales readiness ...

ASIC totally unprepared for advice reforms: Tynan

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan believes if the Royal Commission has made anything clear, it's that ASIC is in the dark about how to police financial advice misconduct. Speaking to Financial Standard, Tynan said the key ...

Dead advice clients slugged ongoing service fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
The Commonwealth Bank has admitted one of its advice subsidiaries charged ongoing service fees to clients it knew had passed away. Providing testimony to the Royal Commission today, CBA executive general manager, Commonwealth Private Marianne Perkovic ...

Royal Commission latest: CBA doing more with fewer advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
It took Commonwealth Bank two years to notify ASIC its financial advisers were failing to meet ongoing service obligations - all during a time when it slashed adviser numbers and doubled its client base. This is according to CBA executive general manager ...

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 ...

Industry welcomes final Better Banking report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
The final report of a two year reform program has outlined the progress made by Australia's banks in implementing the Better Banking Reforms Program. Handing down the report, independent governance expert Ian McPhee said commitment to the package of ...

Robo-advice on the rise but no replacement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
Robo-advice presents opportunities for increasing consumer accessibility to financial advice, but Investment Trends data and adviser insight suggests it will never be a panacea. Latest Investment Trends research shows adoption of robo-advice in Australia ...