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FPA and AFA set to merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
The two major advice associations will merge to create the Financial Advice Association of Australia as voted by members today. Members of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) overwhelmingly ...

ASIC cracks down on CHESS issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
ASIC is further clamping down on the ASX to ensure that it successfully comes through on replacing CHESS after botching its attempt to overhaul it with blockchain. Following Accenture's external review into the 25-year-old settlements system, ASIC ...

Allianz Retire+ launches new retirement income solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
Allianz Retire+ has launched its new retirement income product, designed to enhance the provision of retirement planning for advisers. Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE), available in early March, is a next-generation retirement solution delivering ...

Zurich wins group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
A $30 billion superannuation fund chose Zurich to provide group insurance for its 250,000 members. Brighter Super members will see their insurance provider change to Zurich Financial Services Australia from 1 July 2023. Zurich replaces incumbent group ...

ASIC permanently bans former advisers

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
Former Perth financial adviser Rahul Goel and Sydney-based adviser Sean John Sweeney have been permanently banned from having any involvement in financial services. In December last year, Goel was sentenced to three years in jail for fraud offences ...

AFA, FPA propose merged entity name

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
Australia's two peak financial advice associations have flagged the new name of the proposed entity should their merger go ahead. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will be known as the ...

Maple-Brown Abbott veteran leaves after 27 years

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
After almost three decades at the investment firm, head of Asia Pacific equities Geoff Bazzan has announced his retirement. "I have made the difficult decision to leave the business, and will transition out over the next several months, finishing on ...

Adviser sentenced over accessing client accounts

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
Former financial adviser John Wertheimer has been convicted and sentenced for making unauthorised client transactions on the Netwealth platform. Specifically, Wertheimer was convicted on one count of providing a financial service on behalf of a person ...

FSC releases claims handling standard for super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released an enforceable standard for handling group life insurance claims in superannuation. The FSC's new standard replaces existing voluntary guidance and sets a minimum level of service that consumers can ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
Amid a year of economic turbulence and soaring inflation, Financial Standard's most read stories reveal attention was once again focused on the evolving superannuation sector. The worst performing super products and funds underscore the majority ...