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Adviser, Practice of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  SATURDAY, 13 OCT 2018
... adviser and outstanding practice are shining examples for their peers," he said. He added there is a heightened responsibility for this year's winners to demonstrate that quality financial advice is available to all and can play a crucial role in ...

Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... hundreds of advisers out there experiencing bouts of or prolonged periods of mental illness. Williams said there's a responsibility and opportunity for the advice industry to change the psychology of the industry. "At the moment it's all about being ...

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... feel more secure. "Respondents in the US and Australia, where there is a long tradition of individual retirement responsibility through DC savings, were the happiest in our survey. Despite having lower assets, the UK and Ireland have potential to be ...

Scale integral to adviser success

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... shared-services model, similar to a partnership, where advice businesses share costs but retain high-level autonomy and responsibility for their own revenue, Fortnum said. As such, the traditional role of the licensee will need to change to one that ...

Legal woes continue for super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... investment manager to join its investment team to develop, implement and manage a responsible investment strategy. A key responsibility of the role is to ensure that Rest rates highly in relevant responsible investing industry rankings, the job advert ...

AMP, banks respond to RC interim report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... the report marked a "critical moment" for the financial services industry, the bank, and its people. "We accept responsibility and we are determined to improve," Elliot said. "ANZ is taking action to fast-track changes - leadership, strategic, systems ...

A day of shame for Aussie banks: Bligh

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... conference after Commissioner Kenneth Hayne handed down his interim report, Bligh said Australia's banks accept full responsibility for their failures, labeling the findings as "shocking." "Make no mistake, today is a day of shame for Australia's ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... system everyone has a right to be treated with fairness, honesty and utmost professionalism. The industry takes responsibility for the culture that led to some deplorable outcomes for many consumers and a transformation is long overdue," FSC chief executive ...

Regulatory inadequacy to blame: Hayne

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... few bad apples.' That characterisation serves to contain allegations of misconduct and distance the entity from responsibility," Hayne said. "It ignores the root causes of conduct, which often lie with the systems, processes and culture cultivated by ...

ASIC outlines code monitoring expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... financial advisers," he said. "Our guidance requires high standards for compliance schemes, reflecting the significant responsibility that monitoring bodies operating compliance schemes will have. This includes the responsibility to effectively monitor ...