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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 ...

JPMorgan Chase to pay bribery fines

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... children of government officials and other favoured referrals who were typically unqualified for the positions on their own merit," director of the SEC enforcement division, Andrew Ceresney said. "JPMorgan employees knew the firm was potentially violating ...

Technical Services Forum shines light on leading specialists

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
Technical services managers from IOOF and ANZ took the scholarship awards for UNSW Retirement Planning and Aged Care courses at the final Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum for 2016. Ling Wang and Rahul Sing, technical services managers ...

Super members should face "better off test"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... incentives relating to superannuation. It also wants the Federal Government to restart Fair Work Commission processes to build a merit based safety net of default funds for Australians that rely on their employer's choice of fund. The push comes as an ...

A-REIT added to Asgard platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... focusing on a top down/bottom-up process. Securities are selected on a concentrated portfolio basis built on individual merit and not benchmark weights. Portfolio manager Winston Sammut said: "The addition reflects growing interest in, and support for ...

Default super system splits industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... eight million workers do not choose their own super fund and rely on their employer's default fund. ISA supports the current merit based process administered through the Fair Work Commission. ISA will urge the Productivity Commission to expand the compulsory ...

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 ...

Millennials face gender inequality shock

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... you're in," Birchall said. For Beattie, blanket policies such as flexible working hours or unconscious bias training do have merit but fail to have an impact on the key decision makers within the business and lead to a disconnect between the programs ...

Terms of reference released for complaints system review

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
The federal government has released the terms of reference for the independent review into the financial system's external dispute resolution and complaints framework. The independent expert panel consisting of Professor Ian Ramsay (chair), Julie Abramson ...

SMSFs warrant PC review inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... system, however, assessing efficiency requires consideration of a broader range of factors. The Commission says it sees merit in conducting its own survey of fund members, including SMSF members, as part of the future review. It says this would provide ...