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New AIA advice unit names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
AIA Australia's newly launched advice business has named a chief executive to lead its efforts, as the life insurer brings some Commonwealth Financial Planning advisers into the fold. The life insurer has set up AIA Financial Wellbeing, led by Pina ...

AFCA weeds out phony complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... complainant had actually incurred financial loss due to the issue they were complaining about. "Under the pilot, where on review of all the available information we assessed the complainant had not appeared to have suffered a loss or the financial firm ...

Tidswell agrees it contravened Corps Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... MobiSuper Fund insurance. The court said -- and ASIC and Tidswell agreed -- that Tidswell did not take adequate steps to review MobiSuper's reporting under the promoter agreement. In relation to MobiSuper's online marketing activities, Tidswell ...

Broken advice industry shuns everyday Aussies: AFA

KARREN VERGARA, ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
The alarming rate that financial advice is increasingly becoming unaffordable for everyday Australians further cements the position of the rich and powerful, an inquiry heard this morning. The Association of Financial Advisers president Michael Nowak ...

Commonwealth FP under review, partially offloaded

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... transferred part of Commonwealth Financial Planning to AIA, with the remainder of the business now subject to a strategic review. The big bank has offloaded part of Commonwealth FP to AIA Financial Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the insurer. ...

Super fund chair outlines future strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... but how those returns are generated is equally important to our membership base." As such, touching on ASIC's ongoing review of ESG products, Casey said the funds welcome any initiative that would ensure that "funds follow through in an authentic ...

New role for Mutual Trust investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... PWG and continuing to develop and enhance their offering to Australians." He left Mutual Trust as a part of a strategic review of its wealth function. Mutual Trust appointed its head of wealth Jono Gourlay to lead investments.

Governance Institute of Australia names chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... of our boards, our company secretaries and risk professionals." The institute's chair of the independent governance review committee and former president John Mazengarb said: "Pauline is a high-calibre, well-known leader and her appointment is a ...

Maths an unpopular subject with high schoolers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... Devlin. Actuaries Institute said it will develop a policy position statement and press federal and state governments to review public policy.

FIRB updates guidance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Treasury and the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) have released new guidance that will impact all foreign private capital investments in Australia. The guidance is mainly in respect to exemption certificates. It confirms that the exemption certificate ...