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38 staff punished over AUSTRAC scandal: Westpac

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... reporting to the board on financial crime matters was at times unintentionally incomplete and inaccurate." Westpac's chair John McFarlane said, in his experience since joining the bank, Westpac deeply regrets the matter. "Indeed, recognising the ...

FASEA boycott sparks in-fighting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Suggestions from one financial advice association that advisers should boycott the FASEA exam has led to a call for associations to merge in order to better represent the industry. The United Financial Advisers Association (UFAA) has called on its 6000-strong ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... global economy, the benefits of clear communication, and the power of rapid digitisation. Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo explained that while much of the focus over recent years has been on the E of 'ESG', the crisis has revealed ...

MLC launches new advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
MLC has introduced a new advice business to the market, retiring the Apogee, Garvan and Meritum brands and appointing a general manager to lead the venture. Following on from the announcement in August last year that Apogee, Garvan and Meritum would ...

Rich Dad feels for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... be taking their advice. "They have a tough job, a very tough job," Kiyosaki said. Kiyosaki's own financial adviser is John MacGregor who recently released his own book titled The top 10 reasons the rich go broke. "He explains how tough it is to be ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... are absolutely terrible, and no one really wins from them." However, Nikko Asset Management's chief global strategist John Vail believes investors do not expect US President Donald Trump will make any rash decisions prior to the presidential election. ...

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... to remain employed, may seek to boost their savings after having had their finances severely stretched," Alankar said. "As John Maynard Keynes reflected nearly a century ago, household savings may be beneficial to the individual, but bad for aggregate ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
The S&P 500 ESG Index has completed its second annual rebalancing since it launched last year, with some surprising companies kicked out. Twitter and Walmart were dropped from the ESG index for failing to meet certain ESG standards while Facebook, which ...

Realigning remuneration expectations

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Incentives could be 30-40% lower in 2020 owing to COVID-19 and underperforming investment products, according to a new compensation report covering asset management, insurance and sales. This year is "unusually important" for salaries as the trifecta ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... offers, with experts saying the pandemic has barely touched the market. Speaking with Financial Standard, Radar Results founder John Birt said COVID-19 is not impacting practice valuations or the market more broadly, though said some buyers are trying ...