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NAB to end financial planning compliance issue

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... update. The remaining 16% are yet to return updated BNF forms, and the bank today urged them to do so. NAB FP general manager Tim Steele said that since the issue was identified in late 2016 the bank has undergone a comprehensive program in an effort ...

Chief economist update: The curse of Japan's consumption tax hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
About this time last year, financial markets were awash with speculation the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would follow the Fed's lead and start implementing a monetary policy exit strategy. Speculations started to gain prominence as early as January 2018 ...

ANZ, IOOF revise wealth sale agreement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
The sale of ANZ's pensions and investments business may take longer than anticipated with contracts now amended following APRA's regulatory action against IOOF. Providing a further update on the sale, ANZ said it has agreed an amendment with ...

AAT upholds AFSL rejection

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
ASIC's decision to reject Michael David Watson's Australian Financial Services (AFS) Licence (AFSL) was recently upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Watson had applied for an AFSL license to provide advice for self-managed superannuation ...

Sunsuper expands advice business

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
Sunsuper is onboarding two new team members as part of its strategy to remain a serious player in retail financial advice and to expand this service across Australia. Joining the $58 billion superannuation fund in its retail advice arm are two new business ...

Early financial advice prevents worries at the end

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
Seeking financial advice earlier in life could be the difference between worrying and reflecting on a life well-lived. Latest research from Towson University in the US shows that rather than reflecting life successes, when on their death bed people ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
A retiree body that was set up before the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built shutters its doors this year - in a clear sign of the times. The Superannuated Commonwealth Officers' Association, established in 1923, had 50,000 members at its peak. But ...

New owner at Strategic Insight

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
New York-based research house Strategic Insight has been acquired in a deal expected to close soon. The buyer is Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a company speciaising in responsible investment and governance solutions. The transaction's value ...

Superannuation reforms splits opinion: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
Financial Standard's latest spot poll reveals a readership that's divided over the Productivity Commission's 31 recommendations aiming to improve the superannuation system. Asked if the final report's recommendations were fair and reasonable ...

LGIAsuper deputy chief executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
The $12 billion industry superannuation fund has confirmed the departure of its deputy chief executive. LGIAsuper confirmed Ian Harcla retired in December 2018. Harcla, who doubled as chief risk officer, joined the fund in 2006 as scheme secretary. ...