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Investment bonds a good alternative to Wills: GDG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... according to Generation Life senior distribution manager Laura Salsbury. Speaking at Financial Standard 's first Technical Services Forum for the year, Salsbury said investment bonds can be good alternatives to Wills, which may be challenged in court ...

AFCA left toothless on Mayfair complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
Mayfair 101 investors who have had their life savings frozen amid ASIC's proceedings have been left to their own devices, partly due to Mayfair not being a member of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). A spokesperson for AFCA told ...

Mawhinney not dishonest, just irresponsible: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
The corporate regulator has slightly softened its accusations against Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney - saying he wasn't consciously dishonest, just irresponsible. During a hearing in ASIC's case against M101 Nominees held on March 9, a lawyer for ...

Equity Trustees wins super trustee mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... for its then $7.9 billion superannuation product in favour of Equity Trustees. "We have focused on building-out our technical and professional capability, with a number of new professionals joining the team in recent months, to ensure we are the preferred ...

Munich RE appoints Australasia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... significant reinsurance transactions and in developing innovative risk solutions," Farny said. "I am convinced his deep technical expertise and strong client focus will position him well to lead our Australasia business into the next stage of its development. ...

Challenger names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... Richard Howes said Grimes brings an outstanding track record as a leader in her field with significant experience as a technical and commercial finance executive. "Her in-depth knowledge across wealth management, life insurance and banking, as well as ...

Goldman Sachs launches robo-adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... meet certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, while Smart Beta scores companies on fundamental and technical factors of performance. "We'll recommend a diverse mix of stock and bond ETFs that are aligned with your goal. You'll have ...

Wage subsidy to rescue advice industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... super funds prefer advisers that come from a background within superannuation or larger corporate and who have a strong technical knowledge of superannuation," he says. "Advisers with a proven track record of managing a client book, have strong interpersonal ...

Sydney firm launches new venture capital fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... dealflow is to have a dedicated team and specialist fund led by health professionals supported by strong investment and technical capabilities. The fund will be a relatively small fund and will seek to partner and co invest with many more generalised ...

Another glitch for the ASX

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
The Australian Securities Exchange is experiencing more technical problems following a glitch that resulted in halted trading on ASX Trade in November. The ASX has notified investors and market participants of delays in market announcements, with the ...