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De Gori to leave FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... Morgan-Banda will lead the AFA from August 2, replacing Phil Kewin who resigned earlier this year. Most recently she led the Law Society of New Zealand which has about 15,000 members. Prior to this she led the Royal New Zealand College of General Pra ...

AFA announces new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... executive of two professional membership bodies in New Zealand, and in corporate affairs Most recently she led the Law Society of New Zealand which has about 15,000 members. Prior to this she led the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. ...

Alphinity launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... avoid companies that are involved in activities that are incompatible with the objectives of the fund, may be harmful to society and are inconsistent with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. "We have a zero-revenue tolerance for producers of tobacco ...

DDO to simplify general, personal advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... industry has a cost and it's starting to increase which has a flow on effect to the consumer," Hodge said. Pollinate head of society Pamela Souvlis shared similar sentiments and said consumers are not valuing a Statement of Advice and get a sense of ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... "This case is a ground-breaking recognition of the material financial risk that climate change poses to the economy and society, and the role that superfunds have in managing it. I hope it will go some way to catalysing the Australian super fund industry ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... understood by consumers with features and prices that better meet their needs. Taskforce recommendations include a review of the law around life insurance and issued a warning that regulators will continue to intervene until the sector shows sustainable ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... after meeting Barnden when he delivered a guest lecture at La Trobe University in July 2019, where O'Donnell is studying law. Barnden was speaking to the law students about the McVeigh v Rest case and O'Donnell was so interested in the matter ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... recruit a board representative of the Australian community, McKinnon said, including professionals from media, finance and law. The 35 members of the consortium won't have any control over the news outlet, he said, with the company set up so that no ...

Research slams ADL definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... job, on the basis of rudimentary skills like toileting." For Johns, it's well and truly time for the industry to step up. Society has come a long way in its view of mental health, but have insurers? "The people who are being denied under ADLs not so ...

Westpac admits to failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... assessments Westpac carried out during the period in question. "Westpac acknowledges that financial crime is a serious threat to society and is determined to continue to lift its standards and meet its anti-money laundering and other financial crime ...