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Winners are grinners: FPA awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... consumers. "These awards shine a light on those making a difference to the financial planning profession, the financial services industry and to all Australians," FPA chief executive Sarah Abood said. EFS Advice founder and principal adviser Andy Reynolds ...

The challenge of articulating value of ongoing advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... challenges planners face in articulating the value of ongoing advice arrangements. On the panel was Personal Financial Services principal and founding director Angela Martin and Profile Financial managing director Phillip Win, sharing difficulties faced ...

Zurich Australia adds chief information officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
The financial services giant will welcome a chief information officer in January, relocating from Hong Kong. Deepak Budhiraja is currently chief information and technology officer at Sun Life Financial. He will commence in the new role with Zurich on ...

New rules on the way for BNPL sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... for the buy now, pay later industry, releasing an options paper for consultation. According to minister for financial services Stephen Jones, the number of active BNPL accounts grew from five million to seven million last financial year. The bulk of ...

Investment teams 27% female: FSC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
Women make up about 27% of investment teams, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC). That's a key finding from a survey of 20 of the FSC's fund manager members; it's an increase of 2% on last year. FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said the ...

AFCA secures $900m in compensation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... stressful." Locke added that AFCA's role is not just in resolving disputes but also about working with the financial services industry to help it improve practices A Treasury-led review found AFCA was "performing well in a difficult operating environment ...

We do get it: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... and explained other members of the team have also come out of the private sector in different parts of the financial services industry. "So, I think we do get it," she said. "The team has done site visits with advisers; we have done a survey of advisers ...

JANA names new principal consultants

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... as well as helping the next generation coming into our industry." Leaper has over 14 years of experience in financial services, having previously worked for National Australia Bank Asset Servicing as a client relationship manager and for Access Capital ...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it: Graham

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... with continuous regulatory changes. A strategic compliance consultant with over 25 years of experience in the financial services sector, Graham said that the past five years have been particularly difficult for his clients. "The past five years in advice ...

Mercer recruits from Hostplus

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... framework. Brouwer has a career spanning over 15 years and has held a range of risk and compliance roles in the financial services sector, including superannuation and banking. She joins from Hostplus where she worked for the past eight years. Most recently ...