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Advice association chief steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
The chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers has stepped down after four years in the role. Phil Kewin has led the AFA since 2017, having succeeded Brad Fox as chief executive in March of that year. He said the time is right to hand ...

TelstraSuper expands membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
TelstraSuper is expanding its membership, opening its doors to friends of members. Effective this month, existing TelstraSuper members may refer their friends to join the $22 billion corporate fund. The process is simple, the corporate fund told Financial ...

Sydney boutique to buy a slice of Investec assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
A Sydney private debt manager will acquire a portion of South African Investec's local debt portfolio, as the latter exits Australia. Metrics Credit Partners has reached an agreement to buy Investec's local corporate and acquisition finance ...

Aware to restructure advice offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
One of Australia's largest superannuation funds, Aware Super, is restructuring its financial advice team in a move which will result in redundancies. The $130 billion fund said it has observed a trend away from ongoing advice contracts and towards on-demand ...

Mayfair found to have misled

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
ASIC's court action against Mayfair 101 has been successful, with the Federal Court finding its advertisements for debenture products were misleading. The court found Mayfair Wealth Partners trading as Mayfair Platinum, Online Investments trading as ...

HESTA appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
The industry superannuation fund has added a new director to its board, as former Ramsay Health Care chief executive Daniel Sims retires. Alan Morrison was appointed to HESTA's trustee board of directors this month. He will also sit on the audit and ...

ANZ, CBA settle class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
ANZ and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) have both reached an agreement to settle a class action in the US related to the trading of bank bill swap (BBSW) products in 2016. The class action commenced in 2016 in the United States District Court for the Southern ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
Active fund managers still have a stronghold of the funds management landscape over passive strategies, overseeing US$2 out of every US$3, a new report finds. Calastone's latest research found that in Australia, inflows to active funds surged in ...

Synchron demands clarity from insurers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
Financial advice dealer group Synchron is urging life insurers to clarify their responses to the new unfair contract terms regime. The new regime will come into effect from 5 April 2021, requiring many policies to be corrected. "Our understanding is ...

Banks should pay advice exit levy: TAA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The Advisers Association (TAA) is calling on the government to mandate major banks and institutions pay an exit levy upon leaving the advice industry to provide relief for financial advisers and mitigate the increasing levy. Earlier this month the Australian ...