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ASIC bans another SMSF auditor

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
ASIC has permanently banned an auditor from providing services to self-managed superannuation funds. Based in Sydney, Abe Samuel was found to have breached independence requirements by the regulator, specifically by auditing a fund of which he was a ...

APRA appoints deputy chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
APRA has appointed a new deputy chair. Helen Rowell became an APRA member in 2013 after joining in 2002; prior to that, she was a partner at Towers Perrin. Treasurer Scott Morrison described her as "very well regarded by the financial services industry." ...

Zurich restructures retail life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Zurich has restructured its retail life insurance services, including reducing term and total and permanent disablement rates. The changes have been designed to accommodate the new life insurance framework which commences in July 2016. In addition to ...

Governance becoming key investor concern

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Corporate governance is becoming a key differentiator for investors, according to Aberdeen Asset Management. Based on a survey of 293 institutional investors, trustees, managers and consultants in the UK, Europe, North America, Canada and Asia-Pacific ...

Robo-advice to drive down advice fees

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
The proliferation of robo-advice services will likely drive down financial advice fees in general, FinaMetrica co-founder Paul Resnik warned. Drawing from FinaMetrica's latest report, The Robo Revolution: Robo-Advice Market Commentary and Analysis ...

GE Capital to exit Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015

AZ NGA acquires sixth practice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
Paul Barrett's AZ Next Generation Advisory has acquired an advice firm operating under the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom licence. Harvest Wealth is AZ NGA's sixth acquisition, following Pride Advice, CBA-aligned practices Eureka Whittaker ...

King Irving Funds Management launches

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
King Irving Funds Management has launched in Australia. Upon launching, the company has also released the King Irving SURA Pacific Alliance Fund, designed to provide Australian investors access to the Pacific Alliance emerging market. It has been seeded ...

Suncorp to drop aligned advice businesses

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Suncorp Life has announced it will transition out of managing Guardian Advice and Suncorp Financial Planning. The process will take place over the next six months, and the decision was made, according to the company's statement, "in order to simplify ...

MLC Direct appoints general manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
MLC has appointed a new managing director of its Direct business. Vanessa Rowe has held management roles with MLC since 2004, starting as senior risk manager, risk and governance. She became head of MLC's advice network in 2012, and will now manage ...