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FSC board adds Challenger chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
The Financial Services Council added the recently appointed chief executive of Challenger to its board. Nick Hamilton joins colleague Michelle Taylor, Challenger chief executive for people, corporate affairs and strategy, who was nominated to the board ...

Iress restructures investment management, advice roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... new appointments "will move to better align with client or industry segments, reflecting the convergence of financial services offerings in the market and to better support the delivery of strategic priorities," Iress said. Former AMP director of wealth ...

ASIC consults on refreshing PDSs, FSGs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
ASIC has opened consultations on remaking the relief contained in product disclosure statements and financial services guides. Under Consultation Paper 358 Remaking ASIC relief on PDSs, superannuation dashboards and FSGs, the corporate regulator is ...

MAX Awards 2022: Nominations open

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... individuals, teams and organisations that are at the top of their game across marketing, advertising, and sales in the financial services industry. Nominations for the 2022 awards are now open. Those working in financial services, marketing, advertising ...

Aware Super advice arm to pay $20m fine

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... 25,000 customers more than $50 million in fees for no service. Between 21 August 2014 and 30 June 2018, Aware Financial Services, formerly StatePlus, charged about 25,300 customers a total of $50 million in fees for advice services included as part of ...

PwC appoints insurance leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... Australia today announced the appointment of Yoshiro Makita as insurance leader for Australia within the firm's Financial Services business. Makita joined the Australian firm, transferring from PwC Japan where he led that its insurance consulting business ...

Bell Financial Group in AUSTRAC probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... system and the Australian community from criminal threats, AUSTRAC chief executive Nicole Rose said. "Australian financial services businesses have a responsibility to ensure they devote the necessary resources and processes to comply with their AML/CTF ...

Former Pinnacle executive in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... Infrastructure co-founder and chief investment officer Sarah Shaw. He brings more than 31 years' experience in financial services to the role, 26 of them spent in distribution. Commenting on the hire, Shaw said Dell has exceptional experience in funds ...

CSLR will not fully protect investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... bill, with input from industry stakeholders, who largely voiced concerns that the scheme should expand to all financial services. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), along with 14 other industry bodies, continue to push for expanding ...

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... underestimating the performance of SMSFs. The SMSFA and the University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial Services (ICFS) yesterday released their findings after a joint examination of the financial performance of a large sample of self-managed ...