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Australians gifted new tech index

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... Australia; with a broad footprint, good free-flow and underlying liquidity and some of the other parameters that help determine whether a company is actually in the index or not - rather than just market cap or how their share price may have performed ...

APRA joins in on Westpac scrutiny

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
APRA has launched a formal investigation into Westpac for possible breaches of the Banking Act. The prudential regulator said the investigation will focus on the conduct that led to AUSTRAC launching its criminal charges against the bank over an alleged ...

MLC Wealth in advice leadership reshuffle

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
MLC Wealth has again reshuffled its leadership, with the firm's general manager of advice stepping down. MLC Wealth has confirmed the departure of advice general manager Ross Barnwell, who has decided to bring his seven year career with the firm ...

AMP to cut contribution fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... - Super, Flexible Lifetime - Investment, CustomSuper, Super Directions, Tailored Super and Simple Super. In order to determine the impact it will have on revenues, advisers have been supplied with a list of clients the fees are currently paid by, AMP ...

How much a self-licensee spends on compliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... down the path for the autonomy it offers, around approved product list selection, the opportunity to build its brand, determine its own succession plan and to avoid revenue splitting at a big licensee, among other benefits. Another panellist, Nadia Docker ...

Tech-powered is empowered: SOAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
With no legal or regulatory barriers to using technology to deliver advice, the Financial Planning Association of Australia is confident the future of your practice is paper-free and prosperous. Earlier this year, the FPA established The Future of the ...

AFSLs show widespread non-compliance: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
AFS licensees are consistently failing to provide correct information about advice fees to clients and are potentially still charging fees long after ongoing fee arrangements have been terminated, ASIC has found. The report, Compliance with fee disclosure ...

Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
The RBA's growth and inflation forecasts and the Taylor Rule calls for just one more rate cut next year. So there we have it ladies and gents, the answer to every Australian's question du jour, how low will domestic interest rates go? I posed ...

ACSI, AFIC respond to Westpac scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... failure of the bank to meet community expectations. ACSI will continue to engage with Westpac on a range of issues to determine whether further action is needed," ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said. "It is still unclear how these significant issues ...

ASIC launches investigation into Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
More woe for Westpac as ASIC confirms it has commenced an investigation into the bank following AUSTRAC's actions in relation to money laundering. An ASIC spokesperson told Financial Standard : "ASIC can confirm that it commenced an investigation ...