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Law firm bolsters financial services team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... "Charlotte not only brings a deep understanding of the regulatory issues and trends facing banks and other financial institutions, but has an excellent track record of leading cross-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional teams." Pugsley added that Henry's ...

Government delays RC implementation timeline

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... balances the need to implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission with the need to ensure our financial institutions are in a position to devote their resources to responding to the significant challenges posed by the coronavirus," Frydenberg ...

Capital retention policies may hit investors: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... the attraction for investors," Walsh said. "The potential enforced cancellation of dividends for certain financial institutions will not only reduce the income investors are expecting, they will likely look to move capital to companies that do pay dividends. ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... adjusted terms." It would be too much to say we will be done with benchmarking in the future, but Unger said larger institutions, that were slowly implementing TPA, are likely feeling more pressure now to get the process underway.

Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... suited to the capabilities of large organisations. "I think the initiative is really designed around supporting major institutions - perhaps superannuation funds - that have either customer service officers or financial planners within them, to rapidly ...

Former Spectrum Wealth, NAB advisers banned

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... appropriately scope the advice," ASIC said. The banning of Thomas falls within ASIC's Wealth Management Major Financial Institutions Portfolio. The portfolio focuses on the financial services conduct of Australia's largest financial institutions ...

Bitcoin bonanza amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... the growth in Bitcoin has attracted more and more retail investment, we have seen that translate into pressure on institutions to develop investment vehicles to meet that demand," De Corrado said. "For example, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... 1% and close to flat," Williams said. She said the unreliable movement of gold prices could have consequences for institutions like super funds which often have exposures to gold via allocations to real assets, commodities and hedge funds. "Some Australian ...

Life insurers prepare for grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... COVID-19 pandemic. The grilling is part of the committee's ongoing review of the four major banks and other financial institutions. Wilson said the hearings are "an important mechanism for the Parliament to publicly scrutinise and hold Australia's insurance ...

500 advisers exit during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... over-regulation. You've got the regulation from ASIC, then you've got FASEA, then you've got the dealer groups and the institutions. People are being strangled by bureaucracy and red tape." Tynan predicts that the ASIC FAR will get as low as 15,000 registered ...