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ASIC FAR, advice industry contract

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... the three years to December 2018. Its flagship licensee, AMP Financial Planning, lost 287 advisers. At the same time, Westpac and its aligned dealer groups shed about 450 advisers. This, before its announcement to exit personal advice and sell advisers ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... lead from the ANZ job ads series suggests further weakening in job creation in the coming months. There's also the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index that showed unemployment expectations increased by a whopping 5.1% in June from ...

Industry veterans recognised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
A number of financial services industry veterans were recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list this weekend. The 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours included investment professionals, financial advisers, banking professionals and superannuation ...

Shock win leaves investors worse off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... Core holdings for many self-directed investors and self-managed superannuation funds, the big banks made gains including Westpac adding more than 9%. Meanwhile, Mortgage Choice's share price surged 14.5% to 91 cents as mortgage brokers breathed a ...

Big four satisfaction on road to recovery

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... with the worst of the big four, NAB (72.7%) no more than 5.4 percentage points behind. Sitting between the two bookends, Westpac and ANZ can barely be split at 74.7% and 74.4% respectively. However, demonstrating the significant work still before the ...

Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
"The heat is on, the heat is on, the heat is on Oh it's on the street, the heat is on..." - Glenn Frey Oh yes, Virginia, the Reserve Bank better deliver a cut in interest rates when its board meets next week (June 4) or there'll be a lot of ...

Material weakness in super funds, insurers exposed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... Rest, Cbus and Hostplus. The life insurers included: AMP Life, Challenger, MLC and TAL Life. As for the banks, ANZ, NAB, Westpac and Macquarie Bank were put under the spotlight. Consistent among the findings were the need to improve non-financial risk ...

Super funds to dominate ASX: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... sector. Including SMSFs, this figure jumps to one third. The top 10 most popular companies among super funds are: CSL, NAB, Westpac, ANZ, BHP, CBA, Westfarmers, Macquarie Group, Woolworths and Telstra. Executive director of research Alex Dunnin said ...

CBA down, industry up for employment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... year, to falling out of the top three completely - to fifth place. The top three instead were: ANZ, Macquarie Bank and Westpac. Speaking to Financial Standard, Randstad Australia chief executive Frank Ribuot said: "Discussions around underpayment and ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... and Kiwi Wealth. AMP Financial Services New Zealand, ANZ New Zealand Investments, JBWere NZ, Milford Asset Management, Westpac/BT Funds management, AMP Capital International, Australian Ethical, HESTA, Church of England Pensions Board, Media Super, Mercer ...