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Ban unsolicited life insurance sales: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
An overwhelming number of Financial Standard readers have backed corporate regulator ASIC's move to ban the unsolicited sales of life insurance. Ninety-four percent of participants, who voted in a spot poll conducted last week, said life insurance ...

Buy time ahead for Aussie equities: Tribeca

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Australian share investors can expect buying opportunities heading into the reporting season even though the index just hit its post-GFC high, according to Tribeca's Jun Bei Liu. The S&P/ASX 200 has climbed more than 1200 points or about 20% since the ...

Standard Life Assurance fined for hawking non-advised annuities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
Standard Life Assurance has been slapped with a £30.8 million ($54.9m) fine by the UK regulator for hawking non-advised annuities. The Financial Conduct Authority found SLA offered its call centre staff "significant bonuses and rewards" if they exceeded ...

Julie Bishop headlines AFA conference

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) released the program for its annual conference - with former foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop presenting and a focus on wellness. The theme of the conference is "united" and the AFA said in a challenging ...

AFA expands support for paraplanners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched a new community of practice for paraplanners. AFA Pulse has been designed as an online community, launched with a Facebook page. Any AFA members who are paraplanners or looking to move into paraplanning ...

MetLife expands retail distribution team

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
MetLife Australia has announced two key appointments to its retail distribution team, recruiting from MLC Life and AMP. Former MLC Life head of product John Ashton has been appointed head of retail product, managing product strategy and strengthening ...

New chief at CBA Group Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
Commonwealth Bank Group Super announced the appointment of its new chief executive. Scott Durbin will step into the chief executive role on August 6. A spokesperson from CBA told Financial Standard the appointment follows an extensive search externally ...

Advice associations weigh in on member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
The peak bodies representing financial advisers have taken similar positions on the Government's latest round of superannuation reforms. In submissions to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on the Putting Members' Interests First Bill ...

CFS hires executive manager of insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
Colonial First State has recruited an executive manager of insurance from AIA Australia. Baneesha Narang joins CFS after working as a technical manager of group insurance at AIA Australia for over eight years. Prior to that, she was an assistant product ...

Reform implementation timeframe too short: AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
The Government's move to require superannuation trustees to stop providing opt-out insurance to new members under-25 or with low balance accounts by October 1 has riled Australia's largest fund. Airing the fund's position on the Government's ...