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Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
ASIC chair James Shipton has admitted the corporate regulator was too reliant on negotiating resolutions with financial services firms and flagged litigation could take precedence, the Royal Commission heard. Shipton told counsel assisting Rowena Orr ...

FPA honours top advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... Cooper took home the FPA Financial Planner AFP of the Year Award. The FPA Paraplanner of the Year Award went to Kearsten James of Sterling Private Wealth. The Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award, which recognises the highest performing student in the final ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... banned a Perth-based adviser after a court found he stole more than $100,000 of superannuation money from his clients. Craig James Wilson was employed by an advice firm that was a representative of the Westpac-controlled licensee Securitor Group for ...

MetLife welcomes new group product head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... deliver innovative, sustainable and customer oriented solutions. He will report directly to MetLife head of group insurance James Carey. Welcoming Mulheron, Carey said the insurer is excited to have him join the team in what he described as a critical ...

Bank-owned advice firm requests ASIC extension

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
Highlighting the point ASIC chair James Shipton made about slow and delayed responses from Australia's financial institutions, a bank's financial advice subsidiary has sought an extension to complete a major report as part of its enforceable undertaking. ...

Early release of super, FHSSS gaining traction: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... received between 1 July 2018 and September 30, more than 6100 were approved, ATO deputy commissioner for superannuation James O'Halloran said. An average of $14,500 was released per member. The majority of the funds or 71%, O'Halloran said, were ...

Post Royal Commission change is all talk: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... still experiencing deliberate delays from financial institutions in meeting reporting requirements. On Friday, ASIC chair James Shipton told the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that the regulator is still experiencing ...

Mercer wins two super fund mandates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... use our global scale and local expertise to get better results for clients and members." Anglican National Super Chairman James Flavin said the partnership with Mercer will deliver its members the best superannuation offering available to the faith community. ...

AFA remains steady ahead of FASEA reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... The association is also welcoming two new state directors, for NSW and Queensland respectively. Fortify Financial's Glen James has been appointed NSW state director, while WB Financial's Patricia Garcia is the new state director for Queensland. AFA chief ...

You got me at like: Advisers tap social to retain clients

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... winning strategies at the AFA conference. Sam Robinson from Pursue Wealth, Nicole Heales from Nicole Heales Financial and Glen James from Fortify Financial have one thing in common: they are all certified champions of social media as a client retention ...