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Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is now taking nominations for its annual Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year Awards. In its fourteenth year, the AFA Adviser of the Year Award recognises an individual who is excelling in the delivery ...

SMSFs have cash top of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... in OneVue statistics since 2012, and reverses an otherwise declining trend. OneVue head of product and transactions Brett Marsh said: "The timing of this jump coincides with challenging equity market conditions, with a major fall in equity markets last ...

Zurich insurance appoints CFO, updates app

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Zurich Australian Insurance has appointed Stuart Farquharson as chief financial officer and will commence the role on July 11 based in Sydney. Farquharson joins from AIG where he held the role of CFO for Australia for more than six years. He also held ...

Government releases draft life insurance regulations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
The Government has released an exposure draft of the Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Regulation 2016 bill. The amended regulation allows temporary inclusion of stamp duty in commissions for death benefits while the ...

FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) celebrated its tenth year milestone last week by raising more than $200,000 at its annual 'Who Wants to be a RockStar?' fundraising night. More than 700 professionals from the financial services industry ...

Managed fund allocations jump

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... recently been top of mind with trustees in SMSF assets that we administer," OneVue head of product and transactions Brett Marsh said. "The popularity of managed funds with SMSF investors has reached the highest level ever in these surveys of OneVue SMSF ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Offering a choice of superannuation fund to more Australian workers doesn't mean they will exercise the opportunity, nor make any better long-term investment decision. This was one of several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission ...

FPA hires professional standards, advocacy manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed a professional standards and advocacy manager to strengthen its policy team. Benjamin Marshan was previously associate director of wealth management advisory at KPMG Australia for over a year. Before ...

Super funds must ramp cyber protections

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
An alleged cyber attack on the Australian Bureau of Meteorology this week reaffirms the vital importance of chief information officers and stringent security systems at superannuation funds. Two financial services consulting firms released reports in ...

AMP Capital appoints account management head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
AMP Capital has appointed a new head of account management. Marsha Beck started in the new role on 9 November 2015 and reports to head of Australia and New Zealand Clients, Craig Keary. Beck previously worked for Challenger where she was most recently ...