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Super startup returns to drawing board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
Female-focused superannuation startup Human Super confirmed its launch plans are on hold as well as the departure of its chief executive after eight months in the role. Human Super interim chair Jeremy Levy told Financial Standard the venture is still ...

High profile adviser under fire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
The Royal Commission heard how Fair Work commissioner Donna McKenna received inappropriate financial advice from Sam Henderson, chief executive and senior financial adviser at Henderson Maxwell. McKenna sought financial advice from Henderson in late- ...

Westpac obscured bad adviser reference check

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The Royal Commission found Westpac downplayed the gravity of former financial adviser Andrew Smith's misconduct not only to the regulator but with another licensee he was joining. Smith commenced as a financial adviser with Westpac subsidiary St George ...

FPA to fight latest FASEA proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
More than 1700 of the FPA's membership have joined calls for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to take a more realistic approach to its development of professional standards. Just last week the FPA issued a questionnaire to its 13,700 ...

Xero appoints former Microsoft Australia chief

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
Xero has named its new chief executive, succeeding founder Rod Drury. Steve Vamos will take the reins at Xero on April 1. Vamos is the former chief executive of Microsoft Australia and New Zealand as well as Asia-Pacific managing director at Apple. ...

Industry fund chief executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
The long-standing chief executive of an $8.8 billion industry fund has resigned. NGS Super announced Anthony Rodwell-Ball tendered his resignation at the end of 2017, and his time with the fund will finish on 31 March 2018. He will be replaced by general ...

Modern business demands driving adviser education uptake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... determined to capitalise on the opportunities in the new advice era and are positioning themselves through academic endeavour and personal/professional development," he said. Sinclair said new technology, new means of communicating and the demands of ...

FPA clarifies role in shaping existing adviser standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has distanced itself from the draft education guidelines for existing advisers proposed by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, despite having its own accreditation standards at their ...

Aurora appoints new CFO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
Aurora Funds Management has appointed a new chief financial officer following the previous CFO's termination after $1 million disappeared from a listed trust in November. Adrian Martin joins Aurora from Marshall Investments, where he was also chief ...

Perennial investment services boss departs after 11 years

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
Perennial's general manager of investment services has departed after 11 years following his role being made redundant. Brian Thomas joined Perennial in 2006 and was responsible for business strategy, global economic updates and retail product development. ...