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Industry mixed over FSC advice framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... when they are merely being supplied with general information by a product provider, for example." AFA general manager, policy and professionalism Phil Anderson added: "We also welcome the KPMG report on the cost of financial advice, which highlights ...

BlackRock votes against CBA resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... supported the shareholder resolution asking CBA to stop funding fossil fuel projects. "Commonwealth Bank's updated climate policy, published in August 2021, was little more than greenwash and a recipe for climate catastrophe. Despite its commitment to ...

ASIC calls for stronger whistleblowing policies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
... the legal protections of whistleblowers. ASIC also reinforced that entities have an obligation to have a whistleblower policy that reflects the strengthened whistleblower protection regime that started on 1 July 2019. "We call on chief executives and ...

Digital advice firm hires for institutional strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... "Andrew has deep expertise and knowledge of the financial services industry, particularly in product strategy, investments, policy and governance, and the insights he can provide will be extremely useful to Ignition's leadership team and board," Ignition ...

CBA to detect abusive banking behaviour

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... our digital channels from being used to perpetrate technology-facilitated abuse, including updating our Acceptable Use Policy and implementing an automatic block on offensive language being used in transaction descriptions." Depending on the severity ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... prices would constrain consumer spending that would be constricted even more when central banks are forced into aggressive policy tightening to tame rising prices. This would turn the current growth moderation into economic stagnation. But chances are ...

Fiducian adds $38m FUA to network

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
... This covered training, practice management, legal assistance, compliance, and technology support. It is the dealer group's policy not to disclose the names of advisers that join its network. According to Rainmaker's analysis of ASIC Financial Advisers ...

Regulation, industry to curb greenwashing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... targeting sustainability but in different ways and it is all part of the transition to achieving sustainability targets. As policy and investor awareness evolves, so will investment funds' sustainability efforts." This comes after investment consultant ...

PFAN appoints chair, deputy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... deep personal understanding of this as my dad was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis many years ago. An income protection policy changed his financial future. This is why I am passionate about leading PFAN and the work we do to support the MS community." ...

MetLife enhances mental health policy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... health and wellbeing training modules and resources. Head of people and culture Allyson Carlile said the launch of the policy and action plan is built around a series of goals MetLife has committed to achieve, including increasing employee knowledge ...