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Advisers losing female clients

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
Female financial advice clients aren't getting the support they need from financial advisers, putting client books at risk. Appearing at the Sydney leg of the Association of Financial Advisers' National Roadshow yesterday, financial adviser and 2018 ...

Industry wide pay cut for boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... and, in some cases, criminal proceedings where the behaviour has been outright illegal. "The customer was not put at the centre of the experience, and their organisations are paying the bill. That bill is of course then flowing down to board and executive ...

Dealer group strengthens executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
A financial advice dealer group has appointed two new group executives to its leadership team. Centrepoint Alliance has appointed a new group executive of advice, and group executive of advice services and solutions. Paul Cullen has been named the group's ...

FPA moves to improve adviser mental health

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... delivered in partnership with Benestar and FPA practitioner members can access the program by logging into the FPA member centre. Members will also be able to access a library of health and wellbeing resources via an app or via desktop through Benestar's ...

Banks sluggish on Indigenous financial inclusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... involvement of Indigenous Australians in developing that roadmap. The research was conducted in conjunction with NAB and the Centre for Social Impact.

Compulsory super detrimental: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... is detrimental to many people and a voluntary super system would provide greater benefit, according to new research. The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) believes voluntary super would be superior to the current compulsory system which stifles homeownership ...

Super fund achieves first carbon neutral portfolio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
An $11 billion superannuation fund has achieved carbon neutral certification by the Australian Government for its buildings and property portfolio. Local Government Super's portfolio was rated by NABERS, a New South Wales Government administered ...

ASIC bans adviser over super theft

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... reports lodged by liquidators to make its decision to ban McSweeny. In December last year, McSweeny appeared in Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney facing 20 charges related to conduct while he was director of one of the 14 companies, Wealth Achievers. ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
A new report from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) reveals just 11 of the 50 largest superannuation funds disclose complete proxy voting records. ACCR reviewed the disclosures of Australia's super funds' proxy voting ...

Crypto scams bite UK

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... reports more than tripled in the last year, clearing 1800. According to the UK's national fraud and cyber-crime reporting centre, Action Fraud, on average victims were scammed out of more than £14,000 from crypto and forex scams over 2018/19. The agencies ...