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AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... interest to quantify their losses and I think it will be moving quite quickly after that," Macdonald said. The Finance Sector Union, which is also exploring an action, also held meetings with impacted advisers in Sydney and Melbourne last week after ...

AustralianSuper appoints group executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
The $170 billion superannuation fund has announced two group executive appointments to newly created roles. Paul Schroder is taking the role of AustralianSuper's chief risk officer. He was most recently the group executive, strategy brand and reputation ...

Government should intervene in BOLR changes: Opposition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... whether that be closing, merging or selling. Mookhey's comments in parliament follow advocacy by the Finance Sector Union which met with AMP last week to discuss the future of the group's advisers. The FSU said it raised the concerns of salaried ...

CBA owes staff $15 million

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
Commonwealth Bank Australia (CBA) notified the Finance Sector Union (FSU) it will have to reimburse staff after a series of errors resulted in workers being underpaid. Thousands of current and former employees of CBA and BankWest have been underpaid ...

Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... a plan to discontinue its Virtual Advice offering, which triggered urgent workplace meetings between the Finance Sector Union and impacted BTFG employees. HSBC quietly exits financial advice HSBC quietly called time on its Financial Advice arm in July ...

Increase adviser standards sector-wide: FSU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... financial advisers should be rolled out across the entire financial services sector. That is the view of the Finance Sector Union which said a process of professionalisation should extend to other occupations within the sector, including lending specialists ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
The Finance Sector Union has welcomed the release of Commissioner Hayne's interim report, labeling it an important first step in reforming the financial services industry. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said the union agrees wholeheartedly ...

BTFG faces possible union action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
The Finance Sector Union is planning urgent workplace meetings and teleconferences with BT Financial Advice employees impacted by a planned restructure of BT Financial Group's advice offering. Last week BT Financial Group told Financial Standard ...

Royal Commission must be extended: FSU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... financial services Royal Commission, as revelations of misconduct continue to arise from the inquiry. The Finance Sector Union said the inquiries of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne should not be halted due to time constraints. Additionally, the FSU believes ...

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 ...