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CBA chair steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... relentless focus on long-term investment in the Bank has also been coupled with a passion for driving diversity and positive community impact. I look forward to working with the Board and the very strong management team to continue this focus," she said. ...

New life code could go further: lawyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... exceptions and carve-outs and does not place enough clear and hard obligations on insurers. It falls short of reasonable community expectations about how insurers should behave," Weinmann said. He said the timeframes specified in the Code where insurers ...

Life Insurance Code targets self-regulation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... hold the insurers accountable. There is a reinforcing of accountability between customer, adviser and insurer. "The community should welcome its robustness as well as the swiftness with which the industry has been able to introduce the code. "The measure ...

AFA award shines spotlight on women in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... Excellence in Advice Award for championing the benefits of financial advice for women in the profession and in the broader community. Diamantidis accepted her award at the annual Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) conference in Canberra. After acknowledging ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... acceptance levels, TPD definitions and fee arrangements for lawyers and data; while the AIST has established its Insurance Community of Interest initiative to combine benefit design, practice, system and data issues. The industry bodies state: "Group ...

Godfrey Pembroke celebrates excellence in advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... and client service, her business leadership and her contribution to Godfrey Pembroke and the wider financial planning community. Schortinghuis and her business partner and husband, Bernard Schortinghuis had a clean sweep of this year's awards, with Lighthouse ...

AFA excellence in education award winner revealed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... application of that education (30%), contribution to the professional through education (10%) and contribution to their community through education (10%). AFA general manager, member services, partnerships and Campus AFA, Nick Hakes, said Mr Nielsen ...

ANZ blames tech and training for bank mishaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... chief executive Shayne Elliott has conceded the bank has not always met the standards it sets for itself or that the community rightly expects. In addressing the House of Representatives' parliamentary committee yesterday, Elliott said: "Each time we ...

Erin Truscott named AFA Rising Star

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... who demonstrate a commitment to education and who are making a valuable contribution to their industry and to their community. Truscott fended off strong competition from fellow finalists Peter Hodgson from ANZ Financial Planning; Cathryn Gross from ...

Super members should face "better off test"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... provide an opportunity to scrutinise the banks on how they balance the needs of customers, shareholders and the broader community." Commonwealth Bank fronts the review at 2pm today, followed by ANZ tomorrow and then National Australian Bank and Westpac ...