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Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
Australia's financial services industry and regulators no longer broadly consider climate change to be a separate, distant or "non-financial" issue. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes' speech on the topic at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum ...

Garcia to exit AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... disruption," Smith said. "During Tom's four year tenure, AIST has thrived as an active and highly respected industry association with impact on super and retirement income policy, trustee and fund staff education and professional industry standards." ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... property prices may have finally broken the back of the Australian housing market. Latest data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) show that total new home sales dropped by 8.5% to 7,094 units in the month of October - the lowest level since ...

ASIC falls on fund disclosure sword

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
ASIC has bowed to superannuation industry lobbying and extended the transition period for funds to comply with updated fee and cost disclosure requirements under RG97. In September, ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer told the Australian Superannuation Investment ...

FPA and AFA merger unlikely: De Gori

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A merger between the FPA and the AFA certainly has its merits, but could incur greater division within the financial advice landscape. Speaking to Financial Standard at the 2016 FPA Professionals Congress, FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said he often ...

Succession planning placed on the backburner

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
Financial planning and accounting businesses are all too regularly ignoring the need for quality exit and succession plans, according to chief executive of Connect Financial Service Brokers, Paul Tynan. Tynan has observed a growing number of practitioners ...

Erin Truscott named AFA Rising Star

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
GCA Financial's Erin Truscott has been named this year's AFA Rising Star in a ceremony at the industry association's annual conference in the nation's capital. The AFA Rising Star of the Year Award, which is supported by ANZ Wealth, was launched in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... an oversupply in apartments is building, if not already. More so if taken in conjunction with the Housing Industry Association's (HIA) latest update on new home sales. Total new home sales dropped by 9.7% in July as sales declined for both detached homes ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
Australia HIA new home sales Fresh data released by the Housing Industry Association (HIA) on sales of new homes has triggered concerns that Australia's housing boom is coming to an end. New home sales dropped by 9.7% -- the fastest since May 2006 - ...

Sentry Group slams LICG's "opportunistic attack"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Sentry Group chief executive and chair Murray Hills has criticised the Life Insurance Consumer Group's "attack" on the Association of Financial Advisers in an open letter. Directed to the financial services industry, the letter admitted that Sentry ...