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Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
Need a Royal Commission refresh? Here are the top stories you needed to know in 2018. Meller leaves AMP After a difficult appearance at the Royal Commission's hearings into financial advice, AMP's outgoing chief executive made a swift exit ...

Investors to move on property before election: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
The world's largest asset manager can't see the bottom of Australia's housing downturn and it expects investors to be ahead of the game. Giving its global investment outlook for the year ahead, BlackRock said softening house prices might lead investors ...

Freedom ditches life insurance sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
Freedom Insurance Group announced it will stop selling life insurance products and alerted shareholders of the likelihood it will face a liquidity crisis next year. The board of the embattled insurer has decided to search for alternative business models ...

Emerging markets must be long-term bet

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
One of the world's largest asset managers estimates emerging markets equities will outperform developed markets by 2.75 percentage points over the next 10 to 15 years. Releasing its 2019 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (LTCMA) in Australia this ...

Planning firm among healthiest Australian workplaces

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
Financial services companies fared well in AIA's latest healthiest workplace survey, with a 21-year-old firm recognised as Australia's healthiest small workplace. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, planning firm Announcer and Mercer are all ...

New super fund to secure female financial security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
A new superannuation offering launched this week. Its investments exclude companies that don't commit to adding women to their boards; and it refuses to charge administration fees to members on parental leave. Verve Super is aiming to tackle an ...

ANZ lambasted for breach reporting delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
ANZ is the slowest and an "outlier" among the major banks to report significant breaches, the Royal Commission heard this morning. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott couldn't justify why the bank took 213 days to report significant breaches (despite ...

Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
ASIC chair James Shipton has admitted the corporate regulator was too reliant on negotiating resolutions with financial services firms and flagged litigation could take precedence, the Royal Commission heard. Shipton told counsel assisting Rowena Orr ...

AI ramping up but legal risks remain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
Financial services companies are betting on artificial intelligence (AI) more than ever, but remain sceptic of compliance and legal risks of the technology, according to a new Baker McKenzie report. Baker McKenzie surveyed 355 financial services leaders ...

Frydenberg splashes $50m to pursue financial services crime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
The Federal Government is spending an additional $50 million to increase efforts in prosecuting financial misconduct. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said an additional $51.5 million would be provided to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) ...