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Yarra Capital adds to distribution team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... firm said Tracy Brown will take the position effective immediately, bringing over 20 years' experience in the financial services industry. Brown joins from Hamel Strategic Partners in Melbourne where she was a distribution director. She was previously ...

Finance employees remain fearful

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... numerous concerns on the risks of returning to the office. According to LinkedIn's Workforce Confidence Index, the financial services sector ranked second in terms of individual confidence, which encompasses workers' ability to get and keep a job, improve ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on the government to implement a two-year trial of a scalable advice model, in a bid to increase access to affordable advice to Australians at a time when they need it most. The COVID-19 crisis has seen ...

Future Super hires governance lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... difference." He said Rhizome Advisory Group would continue to offer risk management advisory services to the financial services industry under the leadership of Tamara Scicluna and Will Peterson.

AMP, CBA, Westpac face potential class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... Piper Alderman is interested in clients from AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial Planning and Hillross Financial Services. From CBA, the firm is looking at Commonwealth Financial Planning, Count Financial and Financial Wisdom. From Westpac, the ...

MLC Wealth hires risk chief from QIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... 2007 and has led the risk function for the past seven years. Prior to this, he worked at Macquarie Bank's Financial Services Group for four years. He has also worked with Linklaters in London and Tokyo, and with Clayton Utz in Sydney. "While risk ...

Advice firm awarded international certification

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... now the largest advice firm in Australia with this certification. "This comes at a time after the advice and financial services industry has suffered significant reputational damage. Shadforth believes becoming certified as Australia's largest fiduciary ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has slammed the Financial Services Council over its renewed campaign to allow insurers to call the shots on medical claims. Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said the changes would enable insurers to only pay the medical ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... until December, 2019. Between the two of them, the duo has 40 years of experience spanning investing, legal and financial services. Their new firm will work with corporates looking to optimise their capital structure, public sector clients (of which ...

IOOF divests Australian Ethical

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... profit after tax is immaterial. Australian Ethical has campaigned against unethical behaviour in the Australian financial services industry in the past. It divested its $8.8 million stake in IOOF in January 2019, saying the decision was driven by IOOF's ...