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Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... heading down - while up 19.0% this year to date, prices are 8.4% lower than their February 2019 peak. This is because the disruption to supply from Brazil's mining disaster is being negated by the slowdown in China and its continuing effort to reduce ...

Royal Commission boosts platform provider

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... $200 million, and $4.39 billion in funds under administration. The firm noted the positive influence of "structural disruption" in driving momentum despite market declines in the last quarter of 2018. After posting a net profit of around $700,000, managing ...

Centrepoint emerges from the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... flagged in August 2018. Benbow said there was an unequivocal demand for quality financial advice and the structural disruption of the industry puts Centrepoint in a place to capitalise on these unfolding changes across the industry. He added Centrepoint ...

Royal Commission recommendations split industry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... remuneration, reduce life insurance commissions to zero and ask for annual consent to fees are expected to bring significant disruption and accelerate necessary changes to business models. EY urged organisations to focus on the viability of a fee-for-service ...

NAB chief executive and chair exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... things I am grateful for, before I embark on a new adventure." On his departure, Henry said the timing will "minimise disruption for customers, employees and shareholders." "I am enormously proud of what the bank has achieved and equally disappointed ...

Former Morgan Stanley chief to join Westpac board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... means that, amongst other capabilities, she will bring valuable insights about how businesses can respond to digital disruption," "Steve is a career banker with extensive investment banking and financial services experience."

Hayne stops short of dismantling vertical integration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... the forced separation of financial advice and those who sell and manufacture financial products "involved significant disruption" to the industry and the financial services industry more broadly. This is despite Hayne recognising that conflicts of interest ...

Grandfathered commissions to be banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... influence of the adviser's personal financial advantage," Hayne said. Generalised fears of unintended consequences and disruption should not be heeded, he added. "If an exception to the rules prohibiting grandfathered commissions is to be preserved ...

Super pool ripe for adviser picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... a matter of time before there are renewed calls to ban insurance commissions altogether," the paper reads. "Current disruption and change is an opportunity for advisers to refresh their business models including their client acquisition strategy, pricing ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... protect SMSF members from the impact of removing refundable franking credits and, over time, is likely to exacerbate the disruption to tax neutrality. "The guarantee will apply only to an SMSF if one or more members of the fund were receiving a Centrelink ...