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Julie Bishop headlines AFA conference

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... aspect of the AFA." Financial Standard is the official media partner for the 2019 AFA Conference to be held in Adelaide on August 28-30.

Keybridge shareholder threatens board spill

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... where all directors resign and put themselves up for recollection, in which case a meeting could be held as soon as late August. Bentley is prepared to convene a board spill meeting if the ASG-nominated nominees don't confirm their willingness to comply ...

AFA expands support for paraplanners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... Pulse will have its first networking event - a breakfast featuring Michelle Hoskin as speaker - at the AFA Conference in August. Hoskin is the founder of the UK certification body for financial services standards, Standards International, and recently ...

MetLife expands retail distribution team

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... platform. His incumbent, Charle Howard, was part of the original retail team that launched MetLife's retail business in August 2018, and is now senior client relationship manager. Evans was previously director of insurance distribution at AMP and has ...

New chief at CBA Group Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... 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 and within the ...

Advice associations weigh in on member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... with the FPA noting it was "somewhat unreasonable for super funds to be required to write to affected members on or before August 1." "It may be reasonable for the Government to consider making minor amendments to the implementation dates to allow an ...

CFS hires executive manager of insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... executive general manager Linda Elkins, who will become KPMG's national sector leader for asset and wealth management on August 5. She joined from Russell Investments where she was the managing director of superannuation. Elkins is also a director ...

Reform implementation timeframe too short: AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... superannuation. "The proposed commencement date of 1 October 2019, which requires funds to communicate with their membership by 1 August 2019 is not a fair and reasonable request of funds or their members," Mine Super said. "Parliament does not resume ...

Beyond the China A shares hype

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... inclusion factor of all China A large cap stocks from 5% to 10%, and will further increase its exposure in 5% increments over August and November. FTSE Russell completed the first phase of its inclusion in June in which 5.5% of its emerging market index ...

Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association will welcome a new chief executive at the end of August. SAFAA chief executive Andrew Green announced his intention to step down at the association's recent annual conference. Succeeding him will ...