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Women program to reach all CBA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
CBA's advice arm will extend its Woman and Financial Planning education program to all of its 600 employed planners. The program, which has been trialled with 110 advisers from Financial Wisdom and Count Financial, educates advisers about women's unique ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... 80%. "We then sat around and wondered whether insurance was sustainable for our members." MetLife head of group product, Maria Crocker, told the forum there were solutions to work around developing insurance products at super funds. "One feature that ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... van Woerkom in their independent governance review of the fund. Cbus said the actions of former employees Lisa Zanatta and Maria Butera "were isolated actions of two employees...not sanctioned by...the CEO [and] undertaken under a cloak of secrecy in ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate with seven funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Perpetual Corporate Trust has been appointed to provide responsible entity services for seven funds. In the past three months, Perpetual has won mandates with Dalton Nicol Reid's Australian Equities High Conviction Fund, Aviva Investors' Multi-Strategy ...

FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Custodians are a vital organ for super funds and asset managers. Darren Snyder explores the trillion-dollar industry. The $2.6 trillion Australian custody market has been highly active during the past 18 months and continues to be watched as several ...

Advisers to remain at centre of CBA: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev has insisted that despite the challenges the bank has faced in its financial advice business and in spite of widespread digitisation, face-to-face planners will remain at the heart of the company's business ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... the US Senate. The legislation has been sponsored by GOP, Democrat and Independent Senators Elizabeth Warren, John McCain, Maria Cantwell and Angus King. A statement issued by the fiercely pro-consumer and Wall Street protagonist Senator Warren, said ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... Spring - Group Executive, Wealth Management, Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Geoff Summerhayes - CEO Suncorp Life; and, Maria Wilton - MD, Franklin Templeton Investments Australia Ltd.

Cbus chief executive answers Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... about the release of personal information to the CFMEU." McNaughton confirmed that senior Cbus employees Lisa Zanatta and Maria Butera had both been sacked over hand-delivering the information to the CFMEU in July 2013. When quizzed over the decision ...

CBA, NAB execs join Finsia board

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Executives from National Australia Bank (NAB) and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) have been appointed to the board of financial services body Finsia. NAB group chief risk officer David Gall will become president, while CBA general manager of loan markets and ...