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Westpac appoints new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... globally. "Over the past 27 years he has been a main board director of five of the world's leading financial institutions, including as executive and non-executive chair, chief executive and executive and non-executive director roles," Maxsted said. ...

What people really think about life commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... important attribute. Those qualities were more important than the adviser's qualifications (70%) or what financial institutions they were tied to (65%). Further, 46% of consumers with life insurance said they were worried about whether their insurance ...

HESTA names chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... "In the wake of the Hayne Royal Commission we have seen how critical a strong culture and trust are for financial institutions," she said. "The appointment of Andrew to the executive team recognises the vital importance we place in risk management and ...

ASIC bans former Charter, NAB adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... conduct at the big four banks, AMP and Macquarie. ASIC is looking at the conduct of Australia's biggest financial institutions in areas of credit and retail lending, financial advice, fees for no service, superannuation trustees, insurance, unfair ...

Iress invests in blockchain

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... workflows within the financial services lend themselves to meaningful applications of blockchain technology. "Financial institutions have no shortage of data," Iress chief executive Andrew Walsh said. "Without the right systems and levels of automation ...

Market Forces takes aim at big banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... shareholder resolution in July, Market Forces has ramped up its efforts to influence Australia's largest financial institutions. Ahead of National Australia Bank's annual general meeting, the group released a statement saying NAB will face a shareholder ...

ASIC takes action against former AMP adviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... business without an AFS licence. The action falls within the corporate regulator's Wealth Management Major Financial Institutions Portfolio, which sees ASIC investigate the potential failings of Australia's six largest financial institutions: NAB, Westpac ...

HUB24 announces new board appointment

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... worked for several national and international law firms, as well as serving as in-house legal counsel with financial institutions such as MLC, where she served on the leadership team. Most recently, Stringer worked with ASIC and is currently engaged ...

Enforcement appetite is working: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... intensified approach establishes a supervisory framework and methodology designed to strengthen the resilience of financial institutions by addressing, and ideally preventing, issues of poor risk governance, misaligned incentives and misconduct that ...

Many benefits to going your own way: CMC Markets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... Institutional APAC, Andrew Shade has commented on the benefits of financial advisers moving away from large financial institutions following the Royal Commissions. He highlighted three key benefits that are driving the trend towards independence. One ...