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Managed accounts not immune to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
A legal expert is warning managed accounts providers of the potential implications the financial services Royal Commission will have on remuneration and product recommendations. The Fold Legal chair Claire Wivell Plater urges financial advisers not ...

Royal Commissions puts pressure on finance sector job market: Sunsuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... actually rising over the last 12 months, the finance sector still took a significant hit in job demand. With the Royal Commission placing unprecedented scrutiny on the industry, demand dropped 9.6% year-on-year according to Sunsuper, whose Australian ...

Advice jobs are coming: Recruiter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... more opportunities, as companies rush to fill in compliance and remediation roles created as a result of the Royal Commission. "Another major trend this half will be the continued movement of technically skilled wealth management professionals, such ...

COBA appoints former ASIC executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... owned sector as the regulatory and legal environment continues to evolve in the wake of the financial services Royal Commission," COBA chief executive Michael Lawrence said. "The success of our model is demonstrated by our sector's consistently superior ...

Kelly O'Dwyer to leave parliament

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Morrison took the Prime Ministership. Her time as the minister responsible for financial services culminated in the Royal Commission hearings in 2018. With the Government awaiting the release of the Royal Commission's final report before implementing ...

Australian Ethical divests IOOF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... part of APRA's legal proceedings against IOOF, the response provided by IOOF and evidence from the banking Royal Commission. Findings from the Royal Commission about AMP also prompted Australian Ethical to divest from the financial services firm ...

IOOF, ANZ deal not in best interests of members: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... transfer is in the best interest of members," a Morningstar research note said. The final report to come out of the Royal Commission next month will likely further damage IOOF's chances, Morningstar added. "We believe the announced contract changes are ...

AAT upholds AFSL rejection

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... what could reasonably be expected of someone seeking to be engaged in the provision of financial services." The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry saw ASIC scrutinised for its lack of regulatory ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... restrictions implemented by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and as a result of the Hayne Royal Commission have already dented confidence in the Australian property market, sending prices lower. These tighter lending restrictions ...

Productivity Commission report puts banks first: ACTU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... demonstrated themselves to be ineffective in protecting working people from banks during their appearances before the Royal Commission last year. The organisation also said the report vindicated the position of the union movement that banks have no place ...