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Financial services employment to boom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The employment outlook for the financial services sector is at a six-year high, despite the Royal Commission. Latest figures from Manpower show the net employment outlook for the finance, insurance and real estate sectors is up 21% for the fourth quarter ...

Mercer wins two super fund mandates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... end this year. It's another blow for AMP as it continues to deal with the fallout from the Financial Services Royal Commission. Mercer Australia managing director and chief executive Ben Walsh said the firm's scale and capability would help the fund ...

SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... Smith reinforced the importance of quality advice to the SMSF sector following recent criticism by ASIC and the Royal Commission. Appearing as part of a panel session at the Association of Financial Advisers' National Adviser Conference, Smith said while ...

Advisers: Keep your clients off A Current Affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... the moment is our industry," Parker said. "Forgive me if I'm out of line here. Putting aside the events of the Royal Commission, our industry is going through a hell of a lot of turmoil. There's been so much attention on financial planning and financial ...

Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... said he's doing it tough; ASIC doesn't realise what it's doing to advisers, the politicians don't realise, the Royal Commission doesn't realise what it's doing. This is my life's work," he said. "He'd been depressed for 12 months. Fortunately, he realised ...

Advice is valuable but advocacy issues abound

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... taken a beating," Inwood said. "But your personal brand hasn't taken a beating. People are conflating it (the Royal Commission) with the businesses, but not with you. Personally, there's been little impact."

ANZ chief says remediation is "distracting"

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... The inquiry is currently scrutinising the chiefs of the four major banks on the back of revelations from the Royal Commission. The Standing Committee on Economics panel put it down to cultural problems that came from the top. Elliot said some customers ...

AFA remains steady ahead of FASEA reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... industry at present. "This is quite rare to do. It's just a very difficult time, and where we at the moment with the Royal Commission and FASEA, we just want that consistency of leadership," Bineham said. "This time next year, we will know what is happening ...

Aged care RC will spook Aussies into advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Delegates today heard the impending Royal Commission into aged care could serve as a catalyst for more Australians to access financial advice. While presenting a focus session on the new age of aged care, Challenger technical services manager Sean Howard ...

FPA finds Sam Henderson guilty

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... 10's 'The Project' and Channel 9's 'The Today Show'. He copped a testy hearing at the Royal Commission on April 26, when he admitted (with reservations) staff had impersonated his clients over the phone to their super funds to ...