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AMP Capital hires from Frontier

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
AMP Capital has appointed Ben Woolley as manager of real estate equity, hiring from Frontier. Reporting to AMP Capital's investment chief Rob Hattersley, Woolley's role is to solve problems for investors and provide targeted capital engagement ...

Big spend on cost of living, defence

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... spending, while doubling-down on the Liberal National Party's opposition to a carbon tax. "Mr Speaker, Australia is on the pathway to net zero emissions by 2050 and playing its part in responding to the critical global challenge of climate change. ...

Budget aims to please women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The new Federal Budget includes a series of measures aimed at addressing issues that impact women's health, safety and economic success. Most notably, the government has committed to modernising the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave scheme - which currently ...

Experienced advisers in education limbo

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... a bachelor's degree or equivalent are caught in the middle of a political maelstrom promising an easier education pathway. With both major parties announcing significant changes to adviser qualifications, veteran advisers who have yet to obtain the ...

NAB tops bad advice compensation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
The National Australia Bank's bad advice compensation bill has hit more than $1.2 billion - the highest liability among the major financial institutions. While NAB Financial Planning and NAB Private Wealth have remediated most of this amount with ...

FPA calls for stronger experience pathway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia said it does not agree with the proposed changes to the experience pathway, claiming it would undermine the road to professionalism. Newly appointed chief executive Sarah Abood criticised the federal government's ...

AFA opposes clean record requirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... generate, particularly for anyone who receives a sanction at a point when it is too late to seek to achieve the Qualification pathway," the AFA said. "Sanctions could arise as a result of less material matters and in circumstances where the misconduct ...

Consumer advocates criticise advice review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... and inappropriate sales, in particular to vulnerable customers. "The advice review is a critical opportunity to build a pathway to higher quality advice and end harmful conflicted remuneration in financial advice and insurance for good," Newton said. ...

HESTA impact lead goes it alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... it's proclaiming to progress gender equality while cloaking sexual discrimination in NDAs or committing to a net zero pathway while simultaneously funding lobbying efforts for more coal mines - stakeholders will recognise this and punish it," Delahunty ...

Education reforms are promising: SAFAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... is appropriately recognising on-the-job experience of advisers. SAFAA chief executive Judith Fox welcomed the proposed pathway that recognises knowledge, experience, and decades of professional development. "Importantly, it ensures that clients are not ...