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Calls for overhaul of AFSL system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... on the regulatory oversight of financial products instead could mitigate this, the association believes. As part of the Royal Commission reforms, a single disciplinary body is to be established that will require the registration of all planners. The ...

Banks accused of violating worker ethics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... express a critical thought about the way their employer behaves." She added that workers were the forgotten element in the Royal Commission. Of the eight FSU members to take part in this report, seven work at the big four banks and one works at a mutual ...

IOOF settles class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
IOOF has settled one of the class actions brought against it on the back of the Royal Commission. The wealth group announced to the ASX this morning it has settled in the class action brought by Quinn Emanuel Urqhart & Sullivan in April 2019. The class ...

IFM Investors ready to ramp up corporate lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... billionaire Anthony Pratt's cardboard maker Vizy Industries. It has also financed infrastructure projects including New Royal Adelaide Hospital. Its returns in lending to companies range from BBSW plus 250 to 400 bps for large caps, investment grade ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... calling for an inquiry into the origins of the pandemic - so as to learn and guard against the next one. As a matter of fact, royal inquiries into anything that trouble the country's economic, political and financial systems - the Hayne Royal Commission ...

ASX-listed brokerage appoints managing director

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... of EVZ. Previously, Edgley served as a non-executive director of Praemium for 12 years, and has also spent time with the Royal Bank of Scotland, Greenwich Natwest, and County Natwest in senior roles. Edgley is set to receive a $300,000 pay cheque each ...

Processes are the problem, not people: Count Financial

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... help them achieve their personal and business goals," Kennedy said. Despite the challenging environment in the post-FoFA, Royal Commission, and COVID-19 world, Count Financial has still seen an increase in inbound requests. "Although the advice industry ...

ASIC bans RC case study adviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
A former Millennium3 adviser whose advice was cited as a case study during the Royal Commission is set to appeal a 10-year ban handed down by ASIC. ASIC has banned Adelaide-based adviser Christopher Norman Harris from providing financial services for ...

Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... Glow, said COVID-19 had presented banks with an opportunity to repair reputational damage. "The Big 4 have been through the Royal Commission and Westpac having the financial watchdog AUSTRAC level 23 million allegations against it for breaches of money-laundering ...

Government delays RC implementation timeline

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
The government has deferred the implementation of Royal Commission recommendations by six months. The amended timetable sees measures the government was committed to deliver by June 30 set to arrive by December, and measures scheduled for December now ...