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Australian Unity recruits Vanguard veteran

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... functions, Australian Unity said. McGavigan has over 35 years' experience in leading and developing global teams in financial services. Most recently, McGavigan was global head of investment management solution delivery at Vanguard. He's also held other ...

Macquarie profits boosted by commodities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... exchange, credit, futures and equities. It further reported that Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and Banking and Financial Services (BFS) combined net profit contribution was substantially down on the prior corresponding period. "This was partially ...

Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
Crypto asset licensing and custody reforms by the government are targeting subsets outside the financial services framework. In a joint statement, treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said ...

Associations call for improved access to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... advice through the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) proposals. In a letter to assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones, the JAWG said the government's response to the QAR should prioritise the needs of everyday Australian consumers. ...

Adviser sentenced over accessing client accounts

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... Wertheimer was convicted on one count of providing a financial service on behalf of a person who carries on a financial services business while unauthorised to do so and one count of engaging in dishonest conduct in relation to a financial service. At ...

All financial advice should be tax deductible: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... the broader scheme, and its design should reflect a broad funding base that includes all participants in the financial services industry, to ensure sustainability and equity." It proposed the CSLR apply to personal advice, relevant financial products ...

Cold calling advice firms called out

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... know who is trying to sell us something we don't need or even want," Scheerlinck said. "When they're selling financial services like superannuation advice to skirt around a gap in the law and trying to bamboozle consumers with half-truths into signing ...

APRA restructures, appoints new executive directors

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... director, superannuation, and Jane Magill is chief of staff. Beverley-Smith brings over 20 years' experience in financial services to the role, having held leadership roles at Westpac and Commonwealth Bank, including across risk, transformation and change ...

Fintech predictions for 2023: Finura

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
Finura Group said it expects to see six key themes emerge this year for technology in the financial services industry. In its Wealth Tech Predictions 2023 report, the global technology consultant said wealth professionals are confronted with both headwinds ...

ASIC bans Gold Coast businessman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
ASIC has banned a Gold Coast director from providing financial services for four years after discovering his business leased an algorithmic trading program and operated without a licence. Gregory William Finerty, the sole director of Bradford AI, has ...