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Remembering Ron Grima

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... true gentleman that led by example." Grima started out as a financial adviser before moving into business development at Royal & Sun Alliance Australia in 1993, recruiting and training financial advisers. He then spent two and a half years in a similar ...

Linda Elkins to depart Colonial First State

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... Australia (ASFA) and has served on numerous Financial Services Council committees. She appeared on behalf of CFS during the Royal Commission hearings last August, where she was questioned about errors during the company's transition to MySuper products ...

Suncorp named Bank of the Year

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... environment where consumers are faced with an overwhelming number of providers." At the awards, Baltazar said that in a post-Royal Commission environment a consumer advocate finance magazine has a more important role than ever to play. "It's no longer ...

HUB24 defends cash accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... returns on cash investments after the RBA lowered the official cash rate to 1%. "In the wake of the revelations in the Hayne Royal Commission about exorbitant fees being charged on financial services products it would appear untenable for members of ...

Investec scores ADI licence

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... Exchange-listed Investec plc, is now operating as a foreign ADI. BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, UBS AG, Credit Suisse AG and Royal Bank of Canada are some examples of foreign banks that operate as ADIs in Australia. Deposit-taking activities are limited ...

Modern slavery rife across sectors: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... and can send signals about staff engagement either improving or deteriorating. In the aftermath of the financial services Royal Commission, Carlsson-Sweeny said clients have shown greater interest in the 'governance' side of ESG. They are frequently ...

Advice affordability a growing concern

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... advisers also recognise the need to reduce the cost of advice, with 39% said it was a key business challenge in the post-Royal Commission world. Investment Trends research director Recep Peker said advisers were aiming to expand their pool of clients ...

ASIC product intervention to commence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... added. "ASIC having this power was recommended by the 2014 Financial System Inquiry, supported by the Financial Services Royal Commission, consulted on and agreed to by the Government and received overwhelming support across the Parliament in April this ...

Dealer group transitions to fee-based model

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... Benbow was named chief executive last year. The fee-for-service model will assist in mitigating the impact of the Hayne Royal Commission to remove grandfathered rebates by January 2021, Benbow said, adding the old revenue model was largely driven by ...

Self-licensing trend boosts ClearView offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... the breakdown of vertical integration as well as the brand damage institutionally-aligned groups have suffered from the Royal Commission as being the perfect storm. That perfect storm has pushed many practices to obtain their own AFSL, which in turn ...