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Hiring outlook subdued: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Despite numerous job indices recording a rosy hiring outlook in 2019, Financial Standard's latest poll shows readership optimism is more subdued. Half of the financial services firms surveyed plan to decrease headcount this year. About a third (30%) ...

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Fund managers are warning investors not to expect the major banks to trade at the premium they've been accustomed to. And the financial services Royal Commission's final report, due today, will play its part. The major banks have experienced ...

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 ...

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 ...

AFA explains stance on grandfathered commissions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... further light on its opposition to end grandfathered commissions, outlining considerations the financial services Royal Commission did not address in public hearings. Speaking to Financial Standard on Thursday, AFA general manager of policy and professionalism ...

Super funds wield bank remuneration stick

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... with less disdain, but they only need to register a down vote of 25% to record a strike. The financial services Royal Commission undoubtedly played an integral role in shareholder sentiment, but what's not as clear initially is the makeup of institutional ...

Shareholders put NAB board in the hot seat

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... resulted in billions of dollars wiped out in market capitalisation. In the lead up to the financial services Royal Commission, the shareholder said there was something "amiss" in the way the board ran the bank, as reflected in failed ventures in the ...

Grandfathered commissions: Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... revenue. Meanwhile, 12% rely on the payments to produce more than 60% of income. Following the financial services Royal Commission, the removal of grandfathered commissions is expected to be one of the key recommendations of Commissioner Hayne's ...

$300k makes advice worthwhile: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... use financial planners has potentially been made more difficult in the short term thanks to financial services Royal Commission. This is further dampened by latest Investment Trends research, which shows consumer trust in financial planning is at an ...

Freedom ditches life insurance sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... informed ASIC that it has commenced an investigation into its past misconduct highlighted by the financial services Royal Commission. The size and scope of the remediation will be reviewed by an independent expert, Freedom said, adding a provision of ...