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LIBOR phased out by year end

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
Australian regulators expect institutions to cease the use of LIBOR in new contracts before the end of 2021. ASIC, APRA and the Reserve Bank of Australia have reiterated the importance of ensuring a timely transition away from the London Interbank Offered ...

Premiums to increase at ESSSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
The $31 billion government fund has informed members that their life insurance premiums will be increasing. ESSSuper, the government fund for the emergency services based in Melbourne, informed members in its accumulation plan that the cost of death ...

Madison appoints general manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
The head of advice at Madison Financial Group has been promoted to general manager in a newly created role. Jaime Johns takes on the new role after leading the advice unit for two years. She joined the group as national manager of advice and business ...

Former adviser hit with three-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
A former financial adviser that failed to consider his clients' best interests copped a three-year ban from the regulator. Brisbane-based Nathan Smith was a representative for MyPlanner Professional Services and Total Financial Solutions Australia. ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
"The demand picture has shown clear signs of improvement." So declared Saudi Arabia's oil minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman as the OPEC+ group of oil producing nations met and decided to gradually increase oil production in July. The OPEC+'s ...

Frontier hires people and culture lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
A human resources expert with previous experience at AXA, EY and Grant Thornton is Frontier's new head of people and culture. The asset consultant has bid farewell to Margie Hill, who was responsible for people and culture for three years. In doing ...

Adviser numbers fall below 20k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
The number of authorised financial advisers has officially dipped to 19,922, declining about 11% compared to this time last year. As at June 3, Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register shows that there are currently 2144 active AFSLs. ...

Lessons from GPIF: Mizuno

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
The former chief investment officer of the world's largest pension fund is imploring asset owners to take climate policy matters into their own hands if their governments are unwilling to do so. Speaking at the Morningstar Investment Conference, United ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
In the words of Frank Sinatra, Australia's now "A-number one, top of the list, head of the heap, king of the hill..." Ol' blue eyes was, of course, singing about the Big Apple (New York) but comparing apples with apples, Australia's on top. ...

Advisers jump onto paraplanning platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
A platform that connects financial advisers to paraplanners has onboarded over 250 users in the short time since it launched. Tanngo is streamlining the way advisers source paraplanning staff, growing to 140 advisers and 120 paraplanners since it set ...