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BTFG to boost managed account capability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... different managers. To capitalise on the success, BTFG will launch an additional 30 managed account portfolios over the next six months via its Managed Portfolios and Tailored Portfolio arrangements. Further, just last month it launched an external responsible ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
Round six of the Royal Commission exposed systemic issues across the life insurance value chain and its fledgling code of practice that's yet been powerless to stop unethical behaviour. But industry experts say all hope is not lost. Counsels assisting ...

Labor proposes RC implementation task force

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... that they are delivered swiftly and effectively," she said. Labor treasurer Chris Bowen will report to the Government every six months on the progress of the implementation until all the recommendations are implemented. Extend Royal Commission Plibersek ...

Fintech hub snaps up Afterpay co-founder

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... guide and provide effective oversight of the company," a statement from Stone & Chalk said. "Of the final board composition, six of its nine directors have successfully founded start-ups, five currently hold senior positions with leading fintech businesses ...

Part-time work widens super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... women earning 89% of the earnings of men, taking into account the differences in working hours," he said. Additionally, one-in-six chief executives of non-public sector organisations is a woman and the rate is increasing slowly. "However, there are more ...

ASIC slams unacceptable reporting breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... customers - an average of 69 days. Across all the financial groups, consumers due to be compensated were out of pocket for almost six years (2145 days). ASIC chair James Shipton said the findings are a "sad indictment on the financial services industry." ...

JCP appoints executive chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... several years with Michael Fitzsimmons who is JCP's current managing director. The new board The board as of October 1 will have six directors: Mark O'Brien (executive chairman, replacing Balderstone), Richard Balderstone (non-executive director, stepping ...

CommInsure, TAL engaged in troubling conduct: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
In closing the sixth round of the Royal Commission, counsel assisting found that CommInsure, TAL and Rest may have engaged in conduct that fell below community standards after hearing "troubling" evidence from various case studies. CommInsure and Colonial ...

Royal Commission hears industry fund admitted wrongdoing to ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
A $52 billion industry superannuation fund admitted to inadvertently breaching the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (SIS Act) in a breach report filed with ASIC on the penultimate day of the Royal Commission's sixth round of hearings. Making ...

Give life code a chance, Loane tells Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... using "a sledgehammer to crack a nut." Appearing before the financial services Royal Commission on the final day of its Round Six hearings into insurance, Loane said the FSC would like the second iteration of its life insurance code to be given a chance ...