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APRA calls for risk-consistent exec pay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... sustainability?" "Is too much emphasis being placed on revenue growth today and insufficient regard being paid to the quality of assets being brought onto the firm's balance sheets?" were the rhetorical questions posed by Lewis. The regulator's requirements ...

Franklin Templeton plans retail growth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... Australia also has a very strong growth profile. "In terms of the size of the industry, increasing super contributions, the quality of advice- we think of all those things point to an ever growing and successful industry," he explains. McKay said Franklin ...

FOFA provisions will go ahead: PJC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... over the next two years. For post-implementation, the committee recommended Treasury work with ASIC to monitor the quality of advice on the sale of risk insurance inside and outside superannuation and any market distortions that may occur. The report ...

Outgoing QIC chief appointed to Suncorp board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... and was professor of economics and associate dean at Bond University. "I am delighted to appoint two directors of the quality of Dr Doug McTaggart and Mr Michael Cameron. Each has several decades of experience in the financial markets and businesses ...

Conflict of interest still key issue: ASIC shadow shop

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... consumers in its latest shadow shop research on financial advice. The results of the 2011 survey, carried out to test the quality of advice given to consumers in or nearing retirement, are due to be released in the "next little while" according to John ...

Fiducian acquisition expands planning business

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... including Fiducian shareholders and certainly the clients of State Trustees who will greatly benefit from the expertise and quality of the Fiducian Financial Planning service offering," said the company's managing director, Indy Singh. "We are looking ...

ASIC questioned over new powers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... as "poor". The remaining 61% were graded as "adequate" by a panel. "There is a clear need for an improvement in the quality of advice and a reduction in the conflicts of interest in this industry." Kell said the latest survey has shown disappointingly ...

FOFA Tranche 2 reforms tabled in Parliament today

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... Cooper Review that insurance commissions within superannuation be prohibited as they have the potential to affect the quality of advice and the findings of ASIC shadow shopping surveys that illustrate that in case of poor advice, over half involved poor ...

SPAA board appoints new member

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... business experience from building her own practice, means the SPAA Board will be well equipped to continue to improve the quality of advice in the industry," said Sharyn Long SPAA chairman. "Carolyn's background in financial services industry education ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Vamos. "An increase in the SG will take the pressure off the Age Pension and assist more working Australians to a better quality of life in retirement." Financial planners are also welcoming the bill's approval by MPs. "This legislation better supports ...