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Advice firm impersonated clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
A prominent financial adviser conceded a series of phone calls in which a staffer impersonated a client may have been at his direction. Questioned by Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr on Tuesday, Henderson Maxwell chief executive and senior financial ...

Chief economist update: Inflation remains in the slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
The financial markets' response to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Consumer Price Index report was a big "HO-HUM." With the report released a day before ANZAC Day, the response could have been because market players' thoughts were on something ...

ANZ, NAB bottom lines take a hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
ANZ and NAB painted a bleak profitability outlook for shareholders, flagging massive losses ahead of their 2018 half-year reporting period in early May. ANZ will incur a loss of $632 million from the sale of its life insurance, and pensions and investments ...

New CEO to join MQA after restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
Macquarie Atlas Roads, which will soon rebrand itself Atlas Arteria after ending its management arrangements with Macquarie, will be led by a new chief executive-elect from May 1. Graeme Bevans will take on the role having been chief executive of Annuity ...

Westpac obscured bad adviser reference check

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The Royal Commission found Westpac downplayed the gravity of former financial adviser Andrew Smith's misconduct not only to the regulator but with another licensee he was joining. Smith commenced as a financial adviser with Westpac subsidiary St George ...

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: The colour of Beige

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Speculators speculating on the US Federal Reserve's next monetary policy movement should pay close attention to the Beige Book Report. The "book" isn't made up of figures and numbers and stats but instead anecdotal evidence on the state of the US economy. ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 1 - 3)

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
After three days of the financial services Royal Commission tackling financial advice, Financial Standard summarises the top stories and key points you need to know. Australia's top financial institutions are lining up before Commissioner Kenneth Hayne ...

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 ...

Former Suncorp adviser banned

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A former Suncorp Financial Services financial adviser has copped a four-year ASIC ban after the regulator found the adviser failed to act in the best interests of his clients. The adviser in question, Gerald Grubwinkler from Queensland, failed to adequately ...