Financial Services

Financial planning

RC didn’t slow job growth in fin services

Job opportunities within the finance and insurance services sector were up 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, according to Sunsuper’s Australian Job Index. ...

Financial planning

Jobs in financial services few and far between

Hiring intentions with the finance, insurance and real estate sector have taken a blow, with Manpower Group’s Net Employment Outlook down six points from the previous qua...

Policy & Regulation

Are there still things to hide in financial services?

The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, James Shipton has suggested that those who are pushing back against the regulator may still have som...

Policy & Regulation

Fin services needs to walk the walk on climate risk

Banks, insurers and super trustees need to do more than talk the talk where climate change is concerned, with a key regulator urging them to also act to mitigate risks to...

Expert Analysis

Where did financial services go wrong?

Financial services barrister Noel Davis examines the testimony given to the Royal Commission and its ultimate findings and suggests that for as much as it discovered ther...

Funds management

Financial sector in top spot despite RC

While the Royal Commission’s final report was touted to rock the financial services industry, the financial sector has defied expectations, according to FE Analytics. ...

Financial planning

AMP on brink of additional fees for no service breach

AMP Limited acting chief executive, Mike Wilkins has confirmed the firm is facing more fees for no service remediation challenges after discovering new breaches as recent...

Policy & Regulation

Should ASIC executives be subject to the BEAR?

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, James Shipton has signalled his intention to subject his own executives to the same terms and conditions as the...

Financial planning

Aussie fintech firm nominated for banking technology awards

Ignition Advice has been nominated by the Banking Technology Awards as a finalist in the category Best Use of IT in Private Banking/Wealth Management....

Policy & Regulation

Is adverse publicity motivating whistle-blowers?

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has pointed to the recent adverse publicity around the financial services industry having driven up the level of whis...

Policy & Regulation

Former financial services rep banned for stealing

A former Perth financial services representative has been banned from providing financial services following a Court conviction for four counts of stealing....

Life/Risk

FSC looks to extend code to all “distributors”

The Financial Services Council wants to extend its insurance code of conduct to “all life insurance distributors”....

People & Products

IRESS launches new client portal

IRESS has launched its new client portal, available through XPLAN, to provide a front-end solution for client engagement. ...

People & Products

Nikko AM adds new director

Nikko Asset Management Australia has announced the appointment of Naomi Edwards as its new non-executive director....

Financial planning

Advice carve-outs undermine RC findings, says ISA

Industry Super Australia has accused the Government of caving into the retail banks and the wealth management sector in allowing ‘carve-outs’ from the design and distribu...