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FPA calls for axe to fall on stamping fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... fees in financial advice, as consultation opens into the government's review of stamping fees. The Financial Planning Association of Australia has welcomed the government's four week targeted public consultation process on the merits of the current stamping ...

Advisers still unclear on referral rules

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... outside the code and will not be required to change as they are not subject to the code provisions." Financial Planning Association of Australia head of policy and standards Ben Marshan told Financial Standard : "I guess the problem is FASEA are not ...

Apt Wealth Partners acquires firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... of Apt Wealth Partners recently won the Certified Financial Planner of the Year Award from the Financial Planning Association of Australia.

SMSFA chief slams regulators, FASEA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney has slammed ASIC for a fact sheet published and distributed to SMSF trustees last year. During a speech at a Pritchitt Partners event in Sydney, the SMSFA chief also took aim at FASEA and the ATO. Maroney ...

VFMC hires investment stewardship lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... between 2008 and 2019. Williams has also previously served as a non-executive director for the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). She is a member of the Australian Sustainable ...

NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... Financial Standard, NGS Super chief executive Laura Wright said the idea was sparked at a Women In Super breakfast at Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference, where a speaker spoke on the topic. "About 20 of our staff were ...

Former Wells Fargo chief banned for life

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
Former Wells Fargo chief executive John Stumpf has been banned from the banking industry and will cough up US$17.5 million for his role in the fake accounts scandal that has continued to rock the world's fourth largest bank since 2016. The Office of ...

Fintech appoints former super fund chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... UNHCR, representing Australia. He is also a life member of superannuation industry body ASFA and the Fund Executives Association. Vonhoff brings a wealth of experience across retail banking, financial markets and investments to Iress. She adds the new ...

Westpac appoints new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... having served 10 years as chief executive at ANZ, which also included 10 years as a director of the Australian Bankers Association including two years as chair. Maxsted said McFarlane is not only well known in Australia and New Zealand, but is a respected ...

Preqin opens Australian office

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... the annual report published by Australian Investment Council (formerly Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association or AVCAL). It does not rate funds. Preqin's Sydney office is expected to commence in early February. The company has ...