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NAB to take "leading role" in advice remediation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
During the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry, NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn said the bank was prepared to take a "leading role" in addressing the compensation gap for victims of poor financial advice. ...

CBA advisers ran from ASIC

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
CBA chief executive Ian Narev said that he supported the idea of individual adviser misconduct being noted on the ASIC planner register, but the issue was complicated by advisers resigning when the regulator began its investigation. Speaking at the ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... we are elected these are the final and the only changes Labor will make to the tax treatment of superannuation." Labor's plan was costed by the independent Parliamentary Budget Office. The policy announcement follows an opinion piece Bowen wrote in News ...

Sacked Macquarie advisers still in the industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Some of the 11 Macquarie Private Wealth (MPW) advisers who were made redundant because they gave improper advice are currently employed in other financial planning firms, Macquarie chief executive Nicholas Moore said. Speaking at a Senate Economics ...

Industry should help fund ASIC: ANZ

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
ANZ top executives supported the idea that the financial services industry should help fund the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) so it can "fully police industry behaviour." ANZ deputy chief executive officer Graham Hodges told ...

AMP Capital appoints distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
AMP Capital has hired a new head of distribution for its UK and European business. John Angell will be based at the group's London office and will drive institutional sales in the region. He will also have overall responsibility for the sales of AMP ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... other factors such as good management, a recognised chief financial officer, a good compliance process, a sound business plan and independent directors. "We are seeing a huge percentage of investment operations where the due diligence team has 100% veto ...

Industry needs to act after Trowbridge report failure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
The Trowbridge report likely won't become the "blueprint" for the life industry, said former Financial Planning Association of Australia chair Matthew Rowe. In a newspaper column, Rowe explained that this was because of disagreements between key members ...

Hockey commits cash to infra partnerships plan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Australia will provide $25 million to the World Bank Group's Global Infrastructure Facility, said Treasurer Joe Hockey in a statement. The Facility will be used to build public-private infrastructure partnerships to streamline "greater private sector ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP). Credit Suisse analysed the Australian companies that could be considered as targets by activist investors an concluded ...