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Outgoing CEO name removed from critical AMP report draft

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
The Royal Commission revealed today that AMP's law firm, Clayton Utz, removed outgoing chief executive Craig Meller's name from a draft of a critical report about the business.

Treat real estate agents like advisers: REIA

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Real estate agents should be treated like financial advisers and be directly remunerated by the real estate vendor, the Real Estate Institute of Australia advised in a Royal Commission submission.

Westpac paid out $200m annually in conflicted remuneration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
In statements to the Royal Commission, Westpac noted it has paid out about $200 million in payments each year since 2013 that constitute conflicted - albeit permitted - remuneration.

RC findings bring shame on advice industry: social media

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Multiple social media commentators suggested the findings revealed in today's inquiry have brought shame on the financial advice industry.

No view on ending adviser commissions: AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
AMP advice head Anthony Regan told the Royal Commission that he has yet to "turn his mind" to the idea of mandating a cessation of the commission-based adviser remuneration model, despite personal reservations.

Aged care becomes critical for advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Financial advice practices are waking to the idea that specialist aged and disability care advisers will become necessary for any planning business to thrive in coming decades.

Advice not yet a real profession: Kell

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
In his statement to the Royal Commission, ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell argued financial advice is not yet a profession.

Trustee services provider buys advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
A trustee business linked to several of Australia's newest superannuation funds has acquired a non-aligned boutique financial advice group.

OneVue to create digital community via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
OneVue acquired an online education platform for both financial advisers and consumers as part of a wider strategy to better connect the advice and funds management industries with investors.

Banks put revenue above quality advice: FSU

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Following today's round of hearings for the Royal Commission, the Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) noted that "banks had better systems in place to track incoming revenue than to make sure customers had been given the ongoing advice they were ...