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Adviser bans fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... committed to performing our work in a manner that is considerate to industry participants who may be facing significant disruption." ASIC said in the six months between July 1 and 31 December2019, it recorded 55 financial services related results. Additionally ...

Raiz cuts costs, super increases

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... chief executive George Lucas said the figures demonstrate the resilience of the business. "Despite the unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19 and the associated economic uncertainty impacting capital markets, it is particularly pleasing to have ...

Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Regulatory and compliance burden is a bigger challenge and disruption for financial advisers than COVID-19, the global pandemic that has ripped both economies and lives to shreds. In an interview with Financial Standard, Investment Trends research director ...

Few redundancies but pay cuts abound: Recruiter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The financial services industry in Australia is one of the lucky ones right now with businesses still operational but while firms seem keen to hang on to their people, pay cuts are commonplace. April insights from financial services recruiter Profusion ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
They were loathed, yelled at, vilified and even arrested - but the hordes of panic-buyers and toilet paper hoarders that invaded supermarkets, hardware stores, bottle shops, and businesses selling "work from home" wares may have collectively limited ...

Challenger winds up boutique partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... as superannuation funds and other institutional investors rebalanced. On annuity sales, Howes said adviser channel disruption since the Royal Commission had showed some signs of improvement before the pandemic hit. "There's no doubt that the challenges ...

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... COVID-19 crisis has exposed just how important it is for companies to be prepared and resilient in the face of global disruption. These risks are not just risks to society, but also to the companies we invest in," Wilson said. "These risks are not just ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Tanking oil prices are the latest go-to excuse for the renewed downturn on Wall Street. But more than this, it's added to the challenges facing America's economy and its corporate sector. The US labour market has already deteriorated markedly ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... the International Monetary Fund's prediction of global growth falling to -3% in 2020 could lead to major social disruption. "The practice of referring to V or W-shaped recoveries has always been puzzling without specification of the angle, depth ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... online which can save time and money." Johns' staff at ClaimRight tell him that they are experiencing delays and seeing disruption to things like physical assessments and medical reporting for Disability Support Pensions. Unfortunately, many Australians ...