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Adviser slapped with four-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... InterPrac. Jennings was the sole director and financial adviser of FF Planning Solutions, previously known as Fort Financial Group, an authorised representative of InterPrac since March 2017. Last year, ASIC banned former financial adviser David Horton ...

Investa names chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... chapter," he said. In January, the Investa Commercial Property Fund entered a 50/50 joint venture with international financial services group Manulife to acquire an office building in Sydney from Macquarie for $800 million.

Advisers report burnout, breaking point: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
High levels of stress and anxiety are tempting 42% of financial advisers to exit the industry, as reports of burnout underscore the toll their work is taking on their physical and mental health, new research suggests. The inaugural Wellbeing of Financial ...

AZ NGA acquires two advice practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has acquired two Queensland-based financial planning firms. Blue Harbour Financial Partners (formerly Bridges Brisbane Bayside) and Henderson Matusch Group brings the network to a total of 79. Blue Harbour, which ...

More members monitoring superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... for pre-retirees," MLC Wealth group executive of retirement and investment solutions Tim Steele said. When it comes to financial decision making, 66% said they "do a lot of research before making a significant financial decision". Forty-two percent said ...

ClearView bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
Listed financial services company ClearView Wealth has made a key appointment to its life insurance team. Nick Kulikov has been appointed to the newly created position of head of product and pricing. In the new role he will be responsible for ClearView's ...

Investment manager creates new executive role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... Fortius and develop new strategic partnerships with sophisticated investors including wealth managers, family offices, financial advisers, and institutional investors. Giuffrida brings over 25 years' experience in the real estate sector across Asia and ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... 30.2% have no women. Still, while many of these numbers seem less than impressive, Oliver Wyman's annual Women In Financial Services report last year found Australia's major financial services firms have the second-highest representation of women ...

Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... and when you reduce the risk, then obviously, you do not need more blunt and extreme measures". The 'Australian Financial Review' (AFR) daily reports that, "About 170,000 frontline healthcare, quarantine and border workers will be the first to ...

Ignition Advice appoints deputy chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... excited to be a part of what I expect will be a major international software and services company in the rapidly expanding financial services and advice sector," Scrimshaw said. "Clearly, Ignition software is world class and has already generated several ...