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AFCA appoints senior ombudsmen

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
In what is a newly created role at the industry body, internal promotions have seen the appointment of seven senior ombudsmen. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has created the new role to strengthen its dispute resolution efforts, with ...

Future Fund hits $199 billion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Future Fund's latest portfolio update shows the sovereign wealth fund is just shy of hitting $200 billion. "After the exceptional 22% return in 2020-21, the Future Fund continued to grow in the September 2021 quarter. Delivering a 10-year return of ...

Commonwealth Financial Planning to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Commonwealth Financial Planning is closing, Commonwealth Bank announced today. From today forward, Commonwealth FP cannot take on any new financial advice clients. Existing advisers and clients will have until November 30 to work out next steps, before ...

Two senior leaders exit Iress

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
The chief commercial officer and head of communications and marketing officer at Iress have announced their resignations. Chief commercial officer Michael Blomfield steps down after one year with the ASX-listed firm. He leaves effective immediately ...

End of the road for Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
Commonwealth Bank has ditched its 90-year-old Dollarmites program after the state governments' banning of school banking schemes. The New South Wales government is the latest to jump on board and ban bank-run marketing schemes in classrooms after ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
A former Freedom Insurance director and consultant will head to Federal Court for their alleged involvement in aggressive sales tactics. ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against former Freedom Insurance managing director of Keith Cohen and ...

Integrity Life hires product GM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
The life insurer appointed a general manager, product and proposition, hiring from MetLife. Gary Bailison has been appointed to the newly created role after spending the last six years at MetLife. He was most recently chief transformation officer and ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
It wasn't so long ago - before the COVID-19 pandemic struck to be precise - that every other central bank around the planet were hopin' and wishin' and prayin' for consumer price inflation to, at the very least, move higher to within ...

APRA appoints investment risk lead from TCorp

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
A former New South Wales Treasury Corp executive has joined the prudential regulator as head of investment risk. Geoff Stewart was appointed head of investment risk at APRA in September. Stewart recently finished up as TCorp's head of investment advisory ...

HESTA pushes for net zero legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
The federal government's refusal to commit to net zero by 2050 will lead to Australia losing a massive amount of green foreign investment, superannuation fund HESTA warned. At a recent Investor Group on Climate Change event, HESTA chief executive Debby ...