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Scale integral to adviser success

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
The successful financial advice businesses of the future will be those that have gained effective scale. That is the view of Fortnum Private Wealth, believing the increasingly challenging nature of running an advice business will give rise to advice ...

ANZ compensation bill hits earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
ANZ will take a massive $374 million hit to its profit thanks to its customer remediation programs. The bank will recognise the losses in 2H18 for refunds owed to customers. It also factored in legal costs associated with the Royal Commission of $55 ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
Round six of the Royal Commission exposed systemic issues across the life insurance value chain and its fledgling code of practice that's yet been powerless to stop unethical behaviour. But industry experts say all hope is not lost. Counsels assisting ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
"We're going to win so much, you're going to be so sick and tired of winning." US President Donald Trump can add the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in his tally of 'wins' after the United States and Canada struck a last ...

AMP, banks respond to RC interim report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
AMP and Australia's big four banks have responded to the Royal Commission's interim report on misconduct in the financial services sector. The report, released on Friday, was scathing in its review of Australia's major players in financial services. ...

Banking remuneration practices to blame for misconduct

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
The industry's remuneration practices and policies played a major role in the banking misconduct uncovered by the Royal Commission Inquiry, the interim report found. Governance and risk management practices failed to prevent the misconduct where ...

Dishonest advice fees dent Westpac earnings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Westpac's cash earnings for 2018 will take a $235 million hit due to ongoing remediation to financial advice customers. The institution is estimating its full-year cash earnings will be reduced significantly as a result of provisions set aside for compensation ...

Elon Musk charged with securities fraud

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Elon Musk's tweets about taking Tesla private have seen him charged with securities fraud by the US regulator. The Securities and Exchange Commission is also seeking court approval to stop Musk from serving as an officer or a director of a public company. ...

CommInsure, TAL engaged in troubling conduct: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
In closing the sixth round of the Royal Commission, counsel assisting found that CommInsure, TAL and Rest may have engaged in conduct that fell below community standards after hearing "troubling" evidence from various case studies. CommInsure and Colonial ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Sally Loane equated removing the carve out of life insurance claim handling in the Corporations Act to using "a sledgehammer to crack a nut." Appearing before the financial services Royal Commission on ...