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Spotlight on financial elder abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
While financial advisers are among those best placed to identify instances of financial elder abuse, cases are continually slipping under the radar as it becomes increasingly difficult to recognise. Speaking at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical ...

Asset consultant announces senior hire

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
An Australian asset consultant with $300 billion in funds under advice has landed a Mercer lead consultant to strengthen its advice capabilities. Elie Saikaly will join the senior advisory ranks at Frontier Advisors as a principal consultant from June. ...

ClearView names new tech GM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
ClearView has appointed a new technology general manager. Louise Hulley was previously ClearView's head of development delivery. Before that, she was head of financial management and operations and head of finance operations. Prior to ClearView, she ...

Fortnum lands investment veteran as chairman

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Fortnum Private Wealth appointed a former Merrill Lynch chief economist to chair its investment and insurance committee. Joining Fortnum is Nigel Douglas. He has headed research at several top financial institutions in a career spanning 30 years. Douglas's ...

FASEA standards still lacking: FPA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority education standards do not give sufficient recognition to existing advisers who have completed study, according to FPA chair Neil Kendall. The FPA has issued an online questionnaire to its 13,700 ...

Super fund redesigns insurance offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
An $8 billion superannuation fund has opened a tender for its new life insurance offering, one which aims to comply with the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice well ahead of the 2021 deadline. Tasplan chief operations officer Nick ...

PwC urges super trustees to fast-track GDPR compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Superannuation trustees unprepared for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regime must fast-track the necessary steps to comply with new, stringent privacy laws, PwC warns. Taking effect on 25 May 2018, GDPR applies to any ...

Facebook scandal raises ESG concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
It's the data breach that led Edward Snowden to describe Facebook as a surveillance company rebranded as a social media one - and it's now having serious implications on ethical investment strategies. Summarised, Facebook is currently embroiled in multiple ...

ASIC co-deputy chair named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
Federal Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer announced a legal expert will join Peter Kell as ASIC's co-deputy chair. The Federal Government nominated Daniel Crennan to the newly created position and he will work alongside Kell, who ...

PJC doubts life insurance industry can self-regulate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
A Parliamentary Joint Committee on life insurance said it is "not convinced" the industry can sufficiently self-regulate and is recommending the co-regulatory approach foreshadowed by ASIC. In its final report, the PJC on Corporations and Financial ...