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Banks push to leave vertical integration on the table

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... the bill, and noted previous inquiries had already examined forced structural separation of Australia's financial institutions and found unsustainable market structures would be the likely outcome, leading to less competition. However, Australia's banks ...

Institutions fail to adequately manage social risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... as important as financial condition to the success and sustainability of an institution, but Australia's financial institutions are failing to measure this. The Hayne Royal Commission excoriated many of Australia's largest financial institutions for ...

AMP announces board changes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... capacity when she joins the AMP board. AMP chair David Murray said: "Debra's leadership and experience within financial institutions as well as her previous appointments as a non-executive director will further strengthen the skills and expertise on ...

Superannuation Consumer Advocate proposal needs work

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... operations. The cost will be offset by a corresponding increase in the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies, he said.

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... trade deal will certainly help)." And if that's not enough, authoritarian China would also persuade (?) financial institutions to lend, consumers to consume, businesses to borrow, etcetera, or heads will roll... literally.

APRA warns trustees on expectations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... lacks the maturity in its governance and risk management practices that should be expected from modern financial institutions managing billions of dollars on behalf of members." Rowell noted in the letter that APRA's suite of prudential standards has ...

SG Hiscock, DMP Asset Management to merge

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... through a merger to form a larger entity, whilst maintaining the strength of independence from outside financial institutions," he said. "Both DMPAM and SGH have a long track record and culture of client focus." The merger will see a reshuffle on the ...

New ethics test for bankers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... Commission," Whitehead said. "FINSIA introduced this workshop to Australia during 2018 and a number of major financial institutions have taken advantage of it already as part of their drive to reform culture and put the interests of customers first." ...

Reforming bank culture rests on regulators: Silk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... also shocked by senior leaders who perpetrated and condoned such behaviour. When employees of the large financial institutions see their leaders lie to the regulators, it becomes part of the culture and is accepted as 'that's how things are done around ...

Banks, ASIC still at war over fees-for-no-service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... methodologies for advisers who had already left the business. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press said Australia's financial institutions had taken too long to conduct further reviews into their fees-for-no-service issues, welcoming recent Government commitments ...