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Unprecedented vulnerabilities in financial services: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
KPMG specialists say disruptive technologies, particularly generative AI, and the imperative to automate, are exposing financial services executives to unprecedented vulnerabilities. In Australia, KPMG partner Matt O'Keefe noted that heightened customer ...

Former AMP advice lead sues The Australian

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
Former AMP head of advice Jack Regan has launched defamation proceedings against The Australian claiming an article published by the news outlet inferred he misled the Australian Investments and Securities Commission (ASIC). Regan claimed the article ...

Inflation weighing on next generation of retirees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
Generation X - the next in line to retire - is worried about running out of money, or not having enough to retire at all, according to new research by Natixis Investment Managers. The research, conducted in collaboration with CoreData Research, found ...

Australia's competitiveness climbs world rankings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... broad-based tax reform, and this report makes the need even more clear, given our consistently high levels of company and personal income taxes (ranked 57th and 55th respectively)," Wilson said. "All parts of the tax system must be on the table - particularly ...

Super Members Council renews calls for anti-hawking extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... where the caller is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, or is the trustee or manager of an occupational or personal pension scheme, or where the recipient has consented to the calls.

QIC splashes $32m on PEP acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... year that it signed an agreement to acquire ATOM, which has 13 branches across Australia. ATOM's products range from personal protective equipment and safety signage to traffic control and office supplies. QIC head of multi-sector private debt Phil ...

Pengana launches new term account

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... credit to deliver highly attractive target rates. "TermPlus caters to an extensive list of investor types, including personal accounts, joint accounts, child accounts, SMSFs, companies, and unregulated trusts," Weinbren said. "Historically, term accounts ...

Advice reforms draft laws consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... seller which could reasonably influence financial product advice," the explanatory statement shows. In instances where personal advice is provided on general insurance products, the new law proposes that informed consent requirements apply. Lastly, the ...

Most in-demand skills for financial services workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Recruitment at all levels across most categories in the financial services industry has been lacklustre over the 2023/24 year, but there are some skills highly in demand, according to new data from Perceptor. The one exception has been insurance, which ...

CSLR makes inaugural payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... than $360,000, three of which related to bad financial advice. One payout of about $145,000 related to inappropriate personal financial advice provided to a victim from Sydney. AFCA found the fraudulent adviser provided deceitful advice and convinced ...