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FIIG Securities head of intermediaries departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
The head of intermediaries at FIIG Securities has left the company after 10 years. Simon Michell joined FIIG in 2007 as a senior dealer. After that, he took on the role of associate director, followed by director - fixed income sales and national manager ...

ClearView revamps life insurance platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
ClearView is rolling out a series of enhancements to its life insurance platform with the aim of increasing efficiencies in advice practices. The company's Adviser Quote Underwritinmg and Apply (AQUA) platform now includes integrated electronic quote ...

School holidays require prudent financial planning: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
Parents forked out $1.1 billion over the summer school holidays, leaving many without a budget financially stressed, a new survey shows. Research from the Commonwealth Bank found children tend to ask parents for money eight times more compared to regular ...

Super fund ESG specialist joins PRI committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
An ESG investment specialist at a $41 billion industry superannuation fund recently joined one of the top advisory committees at the Principles for Responsible Investment. Prior to Christmas the United Nations-supported PRI announced its newest members ...

Global asset manager appoints Aussie managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
An investment industry veteran has stepped down from his role as managing director at the Australian office of a US-based multi-affiliate asset manager. His successor has also been named. Prior to the Christmas holidays Gregor Rennie indicated to Affiliated ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
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AFA to launch investigation into adviser misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers has confirmed it will launch its own investigation into why three of its members entered into enforceable undertakings with ASIC in as many days. While AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said he would not discuss the ...

Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
So let it be re-written, so it's been passed. "I promised the American people a big, beautiful tax cut for Christmas. With final passage of this legislation, that is exactly what they are getting." (Donald Trump) The US Congress passed the long-awaited ...

Adviser group edges on triple digits with new business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
Madison Financial Group has added another practice to its stable, as its growing adviser network nears triple digits. Marsh Financial Advice is the latest business to join the dealer group, led by owner and principal adviser Shelley Marsh. A former ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
Australians all let us rejoice and have ourselves a merry little Christmas! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report shows a sharp jump in employment in November no matter how it's measured. Look at the seasonally adjusted estimates ...