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Westpac appoints acting advice GM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
Westpac has appointed an acting general manager of advice to lead the transition of its financial planning business to Viridian Advisory. National head of BT Group Licensees Ashley Stewart will take on the role of acting general manager of advice from ...

Australian fund caught in email scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... admonished for using non-official email accounts to conduct business with political and commercial sensitivities. The Auditor General said some of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) board members used non-official email accounts to ...

Clime taps retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... their means or they simply don't want to engage an adviser," Varlamos said. Clime recently appointed Adam Youkhana as general manager of private wealth and distribution. He was most recently the general manager of wealth at ASX-listed Yellow Brick ...

YTML expands team, signs new client

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
Fintech YTML is expanding its team, welcoming Midwinter's former general manager of distribution to the fold. Helen Thom joins YTML as head of distribution, adding more than 20 years' experience in the financial services industry. Thom joins from Ignition ...

Principal appoints insto sales director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... of institutional sales for Australia. Boys led Fidelity's institutional sales team for four years and is also a former general manager, institutional business at Perpetual Investments. At Fidelity, he represented its offerings across all asset classes ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property price falls become self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
"It's in a delicate situation. In terms of general direction, we're not surprised [prices have fallen]... That said, [the] downturn has been a bit bigger." These were the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) quotable quotes from its exclusive ...

IOOF appoints head of advice governance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
... aligned licensees. Earlier he spent three years at ING as chief financial officer in its RI Advice group. IOOF advice general manager Darren Whereat said Flynn would add much to the firm's advice business. "We're very excited to have David join ...

AMP overhauls wealth leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... executive officer at SuperConcepts, will be departing rather than returning to his role as chief financial officer and general manager, product. This team will report to AMP chief executive, wealth management Alex Wade. The focus of the new leadership ...

Superannuation Consumer Advocate proposal needs work

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... million community benefits after ASIC found branch staff sold superannuation products to customers under the guise of general advice and not personal advice. Frydenberg also allocated to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) $2.3 million over ...

Cost of living fears rise: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
According to new research, 40% of Australians say the rising cost of living is their single greatest concern in 2019 but effective financial advice could be the solution. Latest research from Mortgage Choice and CoreData's looked at the attitudes and ...