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Reporting overhaul to hit insurer profits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... and report the numbers, and metrics for steering the business will change," he said. International Accounting Standards Board chair Hans Hoogervorst said: "The insurance industry plays a vital role in the global economy; high-quality information to market ...

Mobile education drives advice professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... and professional development space, recognising an opportunity in the reforms. "The bottom line is, once the new Standards Board - once it's established - decides what it is these new standards are going to be, there is going to be a rush of currently ...

Countplus appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... firm. As well as chairing the FPA for four years, Rowe was an Australian representative at the Financial Planning Standards Board in the US, a business banking manager at NAB and a corporate finance analyst at Westpac. "Countplus welcomes the known and ...

Hedge fund standards board expands APAC team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) made two appointments to its Asia-Pacific committee. LIM Advisors founder and chief investment officer George Long, and Dymon Capital Asia chief investment officer Danny Yong join the global standard-setting body ...

Advisers see fintech as tool not threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... enhance services rather than seeing it as threat to their livelihood. The new report from the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) aims to start a global conversation around the implications of fintech and automated advice for the delivery of holistic ...

CBA appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... Institute and the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group, as well as a member of the Government's Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys. Commenting on the appointment, CBA chair David Turner said: "I am delighted that ...

Award-winning adviser joins APESB

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has announced the appointment of a new director, and it now sees the board have equal gender representation for the first time. Business owner and principal at Quantum Financial, Claire ...

NAB launches asset backed green bond

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... Certified" ABS transaction to meet the criteria for certification under the Climate Bonds Standard by the Climate Standards Board. "NAB is naturally excited to leverage and extend its position as Australia's leading debt financier of renewable energy ...

Australians more reluctant to seek professional advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... from a professional. The survey was conducted by global research firm GfK on behalf of the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) and in conjunction with the Financial Planning Association (FPA). It found that Australians rely less on planners and ...

Financial planning director to leave AMP

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... within AMP, but across the industry," he added. Helmich will continue to chair the International Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) and is also Chair of Future2, the FPA Foundation.