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Financial services marketing is broken: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... more concerned with identifying accountability for unaddressed risks, Red Marker said. "The tension between marketing and legal/compliance in financial services illustrates that the delicate balance between creativity and compliance can easily become ...

ISPT appoints risk, legal chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
ISPT has added Andrew Dean to its executive leadership team as chief legal, risk, and safety officer. Dean has over 15 years' experience leading legal, risk, and safety teams in the property industry across the Asia Pacific region. In his new role ...

Adviser exam records 73% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... was about 16,000 advisers in the industry. The exam tests candidates in three core areas: financial advice regulatory and legal obligations, including Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the ...

Koda Capital restructures Investment Strategy Group team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
In a raft of changes citing "evolving business needs", Koda Capital will soon welcome a new chief investment officer and a head of investment research - private markets and opportunistic portfolios. Brigette Leckie is stepping out of the chief investment ...

Investing in research generates threefold economic output

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... domestic and family violence laws in Queensland and South Australia, improving the responsiveness and efficiency of the legal system. EY chief sustainability officer Mat Nelson commented that research and development (R&D) is under-funded in Australia ...

Sequoia liquidates Libertas Financial Planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... directors have assessed complaints for which there is less than a probable likelihood of restitution (including the impact of legal costs and insurance), and have chosen not to disclose the likely amount as they are still subject to proceedings with ...

Legacy issues, business overhaul plague E&P results

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... liability it would incur in defending the case against Ryan but that "amounts may be advanced in respect of Mr Ryan's future legal costs incurred while defending the ASIC proceedings". The lawsuit led by Shine Lawyers against DASS was ordered to ...

legalsuper chief operating officer exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
... importantly the ongoing uplift to the value proposition offered and outcomes delivered to legalsuper's members, Australia's legal community," he said. "Trevin goes with the gratitude and very best wishes of the board, executive team and all legalsuper ...

Munich Re targets AMP over alleged reinsurance misconduct

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
AMP is facing legal action from global reinsurer Munich Re over potentially deceptive practices in past reinsurance arrangements. In a disclosure nestled within AMP's recent half-year results, it was revealed that AMP Limited and its subsidiaries, including ...

ASIC sues debt management firm, director

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
... operator of the debt management business Solve My Debt Now, following concerns of substantial consumer harm. It has also taken legal action against Bakken's director and co-owner Merrilyn Mansfield. ASIC has alleged that between April 2020 to June 2022 ...