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Reference checks should cover all advice: FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... directors, management and responsible managers and not just financial advisers. The reforms emanate from the financial services Royal Commission, which recommends that AFS licensees should be required to comply with reference checking and information-sharing ...

FSC appoints new board member

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed MLC Wealth acting managing director Andrew Morgan to its board. Morgan joined MLC Wealth in 2019 as chief corporate services officer before becoming acting managing director in November 2020, after ...

Malicious attacks most common in finance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... December 2020. The health sector remains the highest reporting industry sector, notifying 23% of all breaches. Financial services, including the superannuation industry, reported 80 breaches for the period, with only 68% of those reported within 30 days ...

NAB swallows up neobank

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... neobanks will become the game changers they were expected to; the big four still control around 75% of the financial services market. It seems NAB had been planning its move on 86 400 for some time, acquiring an 18.3% stake last year. NAB said it did ...

Gender diversity has a way to go: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... Bloomberg 2021 Gender-Equality Index (GEI), despite a record number of companies that disclosed data. From financial services, companies that made the index include Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Challenger, National Australia Bank and QBE Insurance. Other ...

Former UBS GAM executive joins CBA incubator

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
Commonwealth Bank has hired a former UBS Global Asset Management and Financial Services Council executive to chair its fintech incubator business. Ben Heap was appointed non-executive, independent chair of x15ventures, which helps scale startups by ...

EY Australia chief steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... Johnson was promoted to managing partner of Assurance Oceania in 2009 before moving onto managing partner of financial services in Asia Pacific before moving onto the top role in 2014. In his seven-year tenure as chief executive, Johnson doubled revenue ...

Ignition Advice appoints deputy chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... part of what I expect will be a major international software and services company in the rapidly expanding financial services and advice sector," Scrimshaw said. "Clearly, Ignition software is world class and has already generated several prestigious ...

MLC Life appoints transformation lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... the likes of the New England Patriots and Real Madrid. MLC Life described Wingfield as a highly credentialled financial services executive, having previously served as chief information officer at AIA Australia and head of technology at NAB. He has also ...

ESG professionals in huge demand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Recruiters are reporting that financial services professionals specialising in environmental, social and governance (ESG) areas are in very strong demand. "The demand for ESG professionals is increasing, clearly outstripping supply of experienced professionals," ...