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ASIC flags stronger adviser surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
About $618.8 million was paid in compensating and remediating corporate misconduct in the six months to June - almost a fourfold increase on the second half of 2016. During the period, ASIC removed 23 individuals from working in financial service; commenced ...

Executives must think beyond the technical

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
Transitioning from a technical to a leadership role is challenging for financial services executives who overlook the broader soft skills to be effective leaders. CommInsure chief financial officer and chief actuary Jennifer Lang says executives may ...

Class and Countplus partner

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Software provider Class inked a partnership with accounting and financial advice network Countplus for the provision of self-managed super funds and wealth accounting software. Countplus practices will now have access to centralised billing and supporting ...

Melbourne to host SMSF expo

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
Melbourne will host the Self-Managed Super Fund Expo next year, bringing together critical players in the SMSF space. New clients considering setting up an SMSF will have the chance to meet superannuation service providers, trustees and industry experts. ...

Technology and mergers threaten insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
One-in-two insurers are experiencing a 'sink-or-swim mentality' in an industry undergoing rapid technological changes and facing the competitive threat of up-and-coming insurtechs. These are the findings from the inaugural insurance industry report ...

Aussie banks cleared of Wells Fargo-type conduct

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
The corporate regulator has cleared eight Australian banks of any systemic misconduct involving illegal opening of accounts as seen at international firm Wells Fargo. The audits, undertaken by ASIC in December 2016 of the big four plus BOQ, Citibank ...

Industry fund makes tech play to combat unpaid super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
Australia's largest superannuation fund, with more than $120 billion under management, is hoping to tackle the problem of unpaid super with a mobile application upgrade. The AustralianSuper app, which first launched in 2015, will allow members to receive ...

Advice business offers enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Financial Index Australia entered into an enforceable undertaking with ASIC after an investigation found advisers had moved clients into more expensive, FIA-branded products without reason. ASIC identified a number of issues within FIA's financial advice ...

SMSF auditors merge

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Two leading self-managed superannuation fund auditors have announced their intention to merge. ASF Audits, an Adelaide-based SMSF Auditor with more than 20 years' experience working with financial advisers, will merge with Super Auditors - a Newcastle ...

AMP Capital appoints independent directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
AMP Capital appointed three non-executive directors to its responsible entity and trustee boards. John Nesbitt, Ming Long and Peter Rowe will join the AMP Capital Funds Management and AMP Investment Services boards effective July 28. Serving as the ...