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Royal Commission presents clear downside for bank stocks

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
Findings from the Royal Commission, and the possible increased regulation that will emerge as a result, have weakened the investment case for Australia's banking sector. Research from Credit Suisse analysts Jarrod Martin and Brendon Ferreira suggests ...

Royal Commission must be extended: FSU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... only a small part of the problems with the industry." The claims of the FSU arrive just days after the union stated that a focus on revenue over the best interests of customers was a driving force behind recent misconduct in the baking industry.

Wealth management products make big leaps in digital sales readiness

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... readiness, the fintech said. "Banks have accepted that online account opening is a must have, not a 'nice to have'. The focus now is on whether the largest banks can transform their entire customer engagement across all product lines including personal ...

WA Super awards admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
WA Super awarded a superannuation and payroll administration mandate to a new provider. SuperChoice will provide SuperStream services to the $3.5 billion fund with 60,000 members from April. WA Super is the third super fund client SuperChoice has on-boarded ...

Suncorp names new chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... informed view with regards to innovation and the disruption of traditional business models, as well as bringing a contemporary focus to governance processes within the group," Switkowski said. McLoughlin said her focus in the role will be on navigating ...

Sales director moves from Legg Mason

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A former sales director at Legg Mason has moved to an Australian-based global fund manager with more than $105 billion under management. Joining IFM Investors as an associate director in treasury services, debt investments is Justin Nunan. IFM said ...

AMP platform fees laid bare

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... fairly - data that went as far back as 2013 to 2016. Keating said of the decision at the time to leave those products and to focus on newer products: "I think based on flows into different platform products, there was less interest and more flows into ...

RC findings bring shame on advice industry: social media

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Multiple social media commentators suggested the findings revealed in today's inquiry have brought shame on the financial advice industry. Today's inquiry focused largely on AMP and the 90-day exception rule which enabled the group to charge fees for ...

MLC launches digital underwriting platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... "one-size-fits-all" approach. "This will reduce the number of requests for further evidence, and allow our underwriters to focus on more complex cases. We expect 25% more customers will no longer require manual underwriting as a result of the new platform," ...

Lonsec names group chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... have successful track records in growing businesses. Haynes is incredibly well respected for his strong client and staff focus as well as proven execution capabilities, and these attributes fit perfectly with Lonsec's strategy, he said. Bresnahan added ...