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AFA recruits for professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
A new appointment at the Association of Financial Advisers will help ready its membership for new professional requirements to be set by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. Linda Vogel joined the association as general counsel, professionalism. ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
With friends like these, who needs Kim Jong-un! Just when the drumbeats of war - the nuclear kind - have recently been withdrawing from the headlines, US president Donald Trump could be starting another, a trade war. Sure, Trump's protectionist' policy ...

Unconscionable super cross-selling will continue: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
The Sedgwick Review failed to address some of the "unconscionable" remuneration practices undertaken by banks to cross-sell superannuation products and nothing is being done to curb this, Industry Super Australia says. In response to the independent ...

Investment manager introduces director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
A Surfers Paradise-based diversified investment firm welcomed a new director to its board. Charter Pacific has appointed Steven Cole to its board, following the retirement of Peter Bradfield. Cole is the company secretary of Charter Pacific, contributing ...

Gender diversity drives Australia's mid-market companies

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
The latest KPMG report shows Australian mid-market companies with gender diversity are outperforming peers. The KMPG Enterprise 2017 ASX 300+, which analysed 626 Australian entities and 38 foreign companies listed in Australia, found that companies ...

Chief executive departs LGS

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
The longstanding chief executive of $10 billion dollar superannuation fund Local Government Super has resigned after a decade in the role. Peter Lambert was appointed chief executive in December 2007. He has more than 30 years' expertise in super with ...

Adviser cybercrime insurance launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... to cybercrime," he said. They also face greater risk of reputational damage, as a cyber breach can no longer be kept a secret under the new mandatory data breach legislation reporting that is coming into effect this year, Brooks said. Cybercrime is estimated ...

BTFG announces giant Panorama leap

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... BTFG's business, with estimates that total super funds under management will grow 8% per annum over the next decade. It's no secret the Panorama platform has been seeking attention in the self-managed super market, leveraging the 120,000 SMSFs already ...

SMSFA appoints high profile former politicians

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
The SMSF Association is hailing their commitment to "getting the right policy settings for retirement incomes, superannuation and financial services" with the appointment of two high-profile public figures. Former NSW Liberal premier Nick Greiner and ...

Public service veteran retires from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
A long-serving company director and public servant will step down from AMP's board in May. Peter Shergold, who became an AMP director in 2008, held multiple positions including chair of the risk committee and non-executive director of both AMP Life ...