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PROFILE: Westpac GM of bank financial planning

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
As Mike Chesworth celebrates his 35th anniversary at Westpac, the general manager of bank financial planning looks back at a remarkably varied career in Australia's oldest bank. James Fernyhough reports. Mike Chesworth is an endangered species: he has ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Australia's life insurance sector has experienced an increase in claims and policy lapses in the last few years. The confluence of factors pressuring the group and retail insurance market has created a perfect storm that has seen insurers' profits plummet. ...

QSuper unveils 'industry first' lifecycle product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Public sector fund QSuper has expanded the lifecycle model to include account balance as well as age in its new MySuper product, QSuper Lifestage. While most lifecycle products focus exclusively on age, with younger members on more growth oriented strategies ...

Guardian launches referral network strategy guide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Suncorp-owned dealer group Guardian Advice has launched a new strategy guide aimed at helping its advisers build a "robust" referral network. The 'Centres of Influence' (COI) guide offers guidance on areas such understanding the motivators of referral ...

Gonski questions concept of board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
Former Future Fund chair David Gonski has questioned whether there is really such a thing as an 'independent' director, arguing that independence is a "state of mind". Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' (AIST) Conference ...

RI Advice launches estate planning service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
ANZ-owned dealer group RI Advice Group has launched an Estate Planning Program to be used by its network of 170 plus advisers. Head of RI Advice Group, Darren Whereat said the new program is intended to reach the next generation of current clients ...

FICAP RockStar of the year crowned

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Count's Chris Mekhail was crowned 2014 Rockstar last night for his soaring rendition of Swedish House Mafia hit 'Don't You Worry Child' at the annual Who wants to be a RockStar event organised by the Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP). The ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has graded Australia's capital regulation framework as 'Compliant' with the Basel III standards. Australia's is the eighth regulatory framework to be graded by the Basel Committee. Others include the United ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Hehe. Excusez-moi s'il vous plait. Pardon my French, Virginia. Some of the headlines made me do it. The headlines that say Wall Street's up because of easing tensions in the Ukraine and... "improving outlook for the biggest economy" (you know who you ...

PC examines Weaven's 'inverted bid' infra model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
The Productivity Commission (PC) has given qualified support to Industry Super Australia's (ISA's) 'inverted bid' model for investing in greenfield infrastructure projects in its draft report on public infrastructure. Informally known as the 'Weaven ...