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Changes to advice incoming: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... and I think it needs to be but there must be ways we can improve the system." Bragg said the government is looking at a "tech-neutrality" approach, discussing updating the Corporations Act to allow for more digitisation. "The Corporations Act was written ...

Future Fund board members reappointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... London, New York and Australia. She is currently a director of Scentre Group, Myer Family Investments, the Australia-China Council and the General Sir John Monash Scholarship Foundation. Wilson has a background in finance, banking and medicine. She currently ...

No exclusions for frontline workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... frontline healthcare workers will not be prevented from obtaining life insurance cover due to COVID-19. The Financial Services Council said the commitment comes on behalf of participating life insurance FSC member companies. "Frontline healthcare workers ...

Netflix-for-funds bolsters leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... advisory board. Forum 360 co-founder and chief executive Rowland Hirst has confirmed the appointment of former Business Council of Australia chair Grant King the firm's advisory board. King currently serves as a director of HSBC Australia, and was ...

VFMC hires investment stewardship lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... previously served as a non-executive director for the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). She is a member of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative's Sustainable ...

Fintech appoints former super fund chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Super. He currently serves as a director of TCorp (New South Wales Treasury Corporation), WSC Group, The Global Advisory Council of Tobacco Free Portfolios and the Sydney Financial Forum. Since 1998, Dwyer has also worked as a director and subsequent ...

Why joint effort is required in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... Financial Advisers Association and John Maroney from the SMSF Association. Representatives from the Financial Services Council, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, the Tax Practitioners Board ...

Former Prime Minister joins global investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
Julia Gillard has been appointed to the global leadership council of LeapFrog Investments to provide strategic insight and global networks. Together with Singtel chair Simon Israel and chief executive of Ayala Corporation Jamie Augusto Zobel, Gillard ...

Whistleblower calls out approved product lies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... tests the APL hypothesis, which Morris concludes does not stack up. "I discovered that the pioneers of risk research in Australia were motivated by an altruistic desire to help advisers interpret and understand complicated, technical and sometimes 'unsafe' ...

Government extends FASEA deadlines

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... advisers the appropriate time to prepare for the exam and to deal with their other challenges." The Financial Services Council and CPA Australia also welcomed the extensions. FSC chief executive Sally Loane said the announcement shows leadership and ...