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ANZ appoints two senior executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
ANZ has chosen the top executive from its wealth division to serve as the bank's deputy chief executive. It is one of two senior appointments announced yesterday. Both positions became open after ANZ's deputy chief executive Graham Hodges announced ...

ANZ culls sales incentives for planners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
ANZ will no longer factor in sales incentives while calculating bonuses for its financial planners and boot them out if they fail an audit twice, the bank announced today. As ANZ attempts to revive its advice business after Royal Commission hearings ...

IOOF flags ANZ Wealth results ahead of acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
IOOF alerted shareholders to the updated performance figures for the businesses it is planning to acquire from ANZ. The bank's 1H18 results reveal that cash profits in the wealth division slid by 24% to $44 million. ANZ said this was because of a non-recurring ...

Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
Testimony provided to the Royal Commission by key financial advice associations and the corporate regulator raised concerns as to the organisations' efficacy in identifying and penalising misconduct. In closing the Royal Commission's inquiry into financial ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Water risk is becoming a threat to Australia's $56 billion agriculture industry, forcing producers to modify practices and compelling investors to find new means to de-risk portfolios. Institutional investors' growing interest in agribusiness is a boon ...

ANZ blames systems for inadequate controls: RC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
ANZ has blamed its systems and processes for failing to adequately monitor in-house financial advisers as well as its authorised representatives within three of its aligned dealer groups. Week two of the Royal Commission tasked with scrutinising advice ...

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 ...

AMP platform fees laid bare

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
The Royal Commission brought to light several gaping holes in AMP's fee charging mechanisms across its platforms, as well as its inaction to comply with the legislative changes concerning opt-in financial advice fees. AMP head of platform development ...

QIC wins $550m super fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
QIC's global private capital division won a $550 million mandate from one of Australia's largest superannuation funds. The recently-rebranded Rest, with about $50 billion in funds under management, awarded the mandate to QIC to manage a private equity ...

DigitalX launches crypto-heavy fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Listed crypto advisory firm DigitalX has launched a fund that will predominantly invest in cryptocurrencies and form part of its newly-formed funds management division led by a former Ellerston Capital portfolio manager. Its inaugural fund, DigitalX ...