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Future Super, Verve accused of misleading members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... HESTA's ethical option. "To say our members are worse off is just incorrect," she said. Hobbs was questioned on Verve's general advice offering, which gives members access to a divorce coach and a pay rise negotiator among other coaching and ...

Chant West hires distribution head

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... management before moving up the ranks to become head of distribution and then business transformation lead. Chant West general manager Ian Fryer said Sillar is an experienced and respected professional who is highly regarded in superannuation and investment ...

FPA calls for levy overhaul

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... planning businesses," he said. The latest recommendation comes after the FPA called for reference checks to be extended to general advice and anyone who can influence the advice process in its submissions to ASIC for Consultation Paper 333 Implementing ...

High Court dismisses Westpac appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... calls constituted personal financial advice. Under their respective AFSLs, WSAL and BTFM are only licensed to provide general advice. ASIC appealed this decision in 2019 in the Federal Court and won. It is this decision that Westpac appealed in the High ...

QBE appoints local chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... currently Westpac's managing director for insurance across three units: life insurance lenders mortgage insurance and general insurance. Prior to this she worked as Arthur J Gallagher's chief financial officer and operating officer in Australia and New ...

Reference checks should cover all advice: FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Reference checks should be extended to general advice and to anyone that has the ability to influence the financial advice process, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. In its submission to ASIC for Consultation Paper 333 Implementing ...

FSC appoints new board member

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... for Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm and chief financial officer of business and private banking and executive general manager of finance at Bankwest. He was also general manager, trust and fund services at Perpetual. FSC chair David Bryant ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... Alternative) given ultra-low interest rates sound less enticing than the return of capital even at zero interest rates. In the general scheme of macro things, nothing has changed. The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us. Sure, there's the ...

Malicious attacks most common in finance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
The finance sector reported the second largest number of data breaches last year, beat out only by the health sector, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). The Notifiable Data Breaches Report found the finance sector ...

Cromwell appoints head of development

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... slated for a February 12 spill meeting after shareholders voted down its remuneration report at the November 18 annual general meeting for a second consecutive year, delivering a second strike.