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Elders celebrates award winners

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... Award, while Mike Tidy from Bellevue Western Australia took out the Rising Star Award. Practice of the Year was awarded to Ken Filbey of the Sunshine Coast Queensland and the High Achiever Award was won by Reg Stenhouse from Toowoomba QLD. Elders Financial ...

ASIC collaborates with Kenya on innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
ASIC has signed a co-operation agreement with the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya (CMA) to promote innovation in financial services. The agreement was signed at last week's International Organisation of Securities Commissions board meeting in Hong ...

Gender inequality still the elephant in the room

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Despite significant inroads made to reduce gender inequality in the financial advice industry there are still changes needed to evict the elephant in the room. Following a recent industry conference, financial adviser at Thompson Financial Services ...

Dunsford explains backpedal at EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Mark Dunsford has explained his decision to withdraw the motion to change the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) Constitution at the recent extraordinary general meeting (EGM). The director of Dunsford Financial Planning and leader of the Life ...

Former AustralianSuper chair joins ME board

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... "Elana brings a wealth of leadership and business skills and is a fantastic addition to the ME Board," the bank's chairman Ken Hodgson said. "Her breadth of experience across a wide range of businesses and industries, particularly financial services ...

Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
AFA members have given their approval to the proposed reforms to the life risk industry, after a motion calling for removal of support of the Life Insurance Framework received little support in a vote. The special resolution fell well short of the votes ...

Advisers urged to meet challenges together

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Senior figures at the AFA have urged delegates at this year's conference to meet the challenges posed by legislation with the collaborative, can-do attitude that has always defined the association's annual meeting. AFA chief executive Brad Fox, new ...

HLB Mann Judd appoints partner in Melbourne

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
HLB Mann Judd has appointed a new partner to its Melbourne business advisory services division. Taking on the role is Eric Maillard who has more than 20 years' experience in business services and previously worked at both Shadforth and Deloitte. Maillard ...

Senior staff changes at RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
The Reserve Bank of Australia is restructuring, seeing a number of internal moves and one retirement. Current assistant governor, economic, Christopher Kent has been appointed assistant governor, financial markets; a role made vacant following Guy Debelle's ...

Brown to leave after AFA board re-election

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
JBS Financial chief executive and former AFA Adviser of the Year Jenny Brown will no longer serve on the AFA board of directors after another high-profile industry figure was elected as vice-president. Former AFA president Michael Nowak will take over ...