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Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... only Aboriginal charity in financial services. Since 2014, Melbourne-based FNF has been running Big Super Day Out, a one-stop shop that reunites Indigenous people with their super. About 32 super funds take part to connect with members. In 2018, Big ...

Freedom Insurance misses reporting deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... financial position of Freedom and its subsidiaries." Freedom announced last December it will overhaul its business model and stop selling life insurance products and is likely to face a liquidity crisis. In the same month, Bank of Queensland backed out ...

AFA rebukes ideological drive against conflicted remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers came out swinging in a public response to the Royal Commission's final report this morning. Speaking at the Sydney leg of the association's annual Connect Tour, AFA general manager of policy and professionalism ...

KPMG expands advice remediation team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... revealed during Royal Commission public hearings. Earlier this month Commonwealth Financial Planning was ordered by ASIC to stop charging ongoing service fees after it failed to provide ASIC with an attestation and acceptable final report for an Enforceable ...

New reforms to smash major super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
AMP, Hostplus and ANZ OnePath will be hit hardest by the Protecting Your Super package, according to latest Rainmaker insight. More than five million superannuation accounts are set to benefit from the new legislation passed through the Senate last ...

Former Arnhem partners join boutiques

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Two former partners of Arnhem Investment Management have joined boutiques following news of its closure. Theo Maas finished up at Arnhem last September after serving as a partner and portfolio manager for the Arnhem Global Growth SMA capability for ...

AFCA hears legacy complaints

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... time. The Federal Government recently extended AFCA's remit after the Financial Services Royal Commission. This means the one-stop shop for financial services complaints will now be able to review eligible financial complaints dating back to 1 January ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
Both sides of the franking credit debate were given air time during day one of the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne, but one dominated. Opposition to Labor's franking credits policy rose on the ...

Royal Commission recommendations split industry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's final recommendations received a mixed reaction in Financial Standard' s latest spot poll. About a third (31%) surveyed by Financial Standard last week believed the banking Royal Commission final recommendations ...

ClearView launches client-engagement guide

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
ClearView has launched a guide on how financial advisers can engage better with clients, in partnership with an academic. The author is Dr Katherine Hunt from Griffith University, who teaches financial planning subjects and has published papers in the ...