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Industry waiting on Frydenberg for adviser education guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The financial services industry is waiting on newly-appointed Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to make public the government's position on the Senate inquiry into adviser education standards. Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of ...

AMP recruits NAB executive to head product, strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
AMP has appointed a former NAB executive to the role of director of product, strategy and services, following an extensive search. NAB former general manager of retail wealth platforms Dean Thomas joins AMP today. The role was last held by Melinda Howes ...

AIA appoints chief marketing officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
AIA Australia has appointed a chief marketing officer to lead a team of 41 people across a number of business areas. The life insurer has appointed former GE Capital A&NZ head of marketing and portfolio management Renae Smith to the role. Smith will ...

Super fund mergers could risk member attrition

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
Most super fund members would not like their fund to go through any merger activity, according to the CoreData 2014 Member Growth Report. The report asked the question to 858 super fund members and 65.6% said they would not like their fund to merge ...

J.P. Morgan acquires Asia REIT platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has acquired Aviva Investors Asia Pacific real estate platform, a direct real estate investment management platform operating in Australia, Japan and Singapore. Through this acquisition, J.P. Morgan Asset Management has ...

Compare the pair ads fail to excite members

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Television advertisement for superannuation funds is failing to engage with members, who mainly prefer email communication or newspaper advertisement. "Splashing your brand on the TV might be cutting through to members in terms of awareness but it is ...

Philanthropic fund establishments return to pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2015
The number of private ancillary funds (PAFs) established in 2014 reached the highest level since the start of the global financial crisis in 2008. As many as 150 PAFs were established in Australia during 2014, compared to around 80 the year before ...

Independent expert lists CBA compensation challenges

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014
Promontory Financial Group has acknowledged that the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) program to compensate victims of bad financial advice poses a number of challenges. The independent expert has released its first report, following its appointment by CBA in ...

ASIC acts on 440 SMSF auditors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) auditors who did not undertake or pass a competency exam necessary to retain their registration have seen their registration cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC has also disqualified ...

IRESS appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
IRESS has appointed a National Mutual Group executive and industry veteran as independent non-executive director, starting February 1, 2015 Geoff Tomlinson has more than 40 years' experience in financial services and his executive career includes 29 ...