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Spring FG to join dealer group ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
Spring Financial Group will launch a full suite of dealer group services with a specialist superannuation and retirement planning firm among the first of its representatives. The ASX-listed advice group will begin offering dealer group services to financial ...

Financial services leaders push for marriage equality

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
More than sixty major financial services institutions are supporting marriage equality in the lead up to the highly anticipated postal survey on same-sex marriage. Financial services businesses ranging from superannuation funds AustralianSuper and HESTA ...

Financial lifestyle coaching: The future of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
Financial adviser roles as we know them will cease to exist in coming years as the push towards financial lifestyle coaching rises. A recent adviser 'think tank' hosted by Zurich - comprising four advisers, BT Financial Group head of licensee development ...

Managed Accounts Forum survey open

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
In the lead up to the Best Practice Forum on Managed Accounts, Financial Standard is running a survey to help provide industry insight. The survey asks about leading brands in managed accounts as well as your role in the financial services industry. ...

Complex operations leaving life customers confused

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
Operational complexities are holding life companies back from improving and modernising the life insurance industry, and leaving customers very confused as to exactly what they are insured for, a public hearing found. TAL group chief executive and managing ...

MyState advice arm grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
The performance of its wealth management division proved to be one of the highlights for MyState last financial year. The Tasmanian financial group's wealth management arm increased its funds under management at the fastest rate in many years, up 8% ...

Fidelity hires new director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
Fidelity International appointed a new lead to help expand its Australian wholesale sales team. Andrew Mathie joins Fidelity as a director of wholesale sales for Australia after serving as a senior key account manager at Vanguard Investments. Sydney-based ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
New Zealand's $35 billion sovereign wealth fund is hanging its future on a low-carbon strategy, shifting 40% of its funds away from companies with high exposure to carbon emissions and reserves. As part of the major deviation, Guardians of the New Zealand ...

Life insurer surpasses code of conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
TAL is going above and beyond the minimum requirements of the life insurance code of conduct and calling others in the industry to follow suit. The life insurer is applying the code's minimum medical definitions for cancer, heart attack and stroke in ...

Magellan officially ramps up retail offering

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Alongside its annual results which report a slight dip in net profit, Magellan Financial Group officially highlighted its plan to launch an initial public offering for a new ASX-listed investment vehicle. The Magellan Global Trust will target a 4% cash ...