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Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
Australia's financial services industry and regulators no longer broadly consider climate change to be a separate, distant or "non-financial" issue. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes' speech on the topic at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum ...

ASIC watching SMSF advice closely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... lift the standard of financial advice in Australia. Deputy chairman Peter Kell informed delegates at the 2017 SMSF Association National Conference that ASIC will engage in 'shadow shopping' over the next 12 months in the sector to achieve a "real-time ...

Penklis returns with $275m private equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... veteran directors at CHAMP Ventures. Banks was also recently chair of the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. Penklis said: "The formation of Odyssey was driven by a number of factors. The timing was right for the team, which has ...

Bligh appointed ABA chief executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... Former Queensland premier Anna Bligh will replace Steven Munchenberg as chief executive of the Australian Bankers Association, a role which will require her to weather the storm of a possible Royal Commission into the major banks. In a statement Bligh ...

Super must continue excellence path: O'Dwyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... was the overarching theme of Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer's address to the 2017 SMSF Association National Conference this morning, reaffirming to delegates the government's position on incoming superannuation and financial ...

Vanguard chief says embrace robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... doing well for their clients. That is a key message shared by Vanguard chief executive Bill McNabb at the 2017 SMSF Association National Conference, telling delegates that business growth takes care of itself if the key focus is achieving the best possible ...

Association and regulator join forces for industry benefit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Marking an Australian first, the SMSF Association announced a strategic partnership with one of the biggest financial services regulators. The association has entered a three-year strategic partnership with the Australian Tax Office to ensure effective ...

Unadvised SMSFs ripe for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... around incoming super reforms from news and social media platforms. This is a key finding of new research from the SMSF Association and Commonwealth Bank slated for release in April, exploring SMSF trustee expectations and the provision of advice. "These ...

FPA expels and fines dishonest member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
The Financial Planning Association Conduct Review Commission Disciplinary Panel has expelled financial adviser Darren Tindall and issued a fine of $16,000. In a determination handed down on 10 February, the CRC decided to expel Tindall of PWM Advice ...

Act like a professional to be a professional: Slattery

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... maintain the standards expected and demanded of professionals and to think otherwise is delusional. Opening the 2017 SMSF Association National Conference in Melbourne, chief executive Andrea Slattery challenged delegates to take control and be leaders ...