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Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... Dunnin said. "Young people get a bad deal from many super funds," Dunnin said. "It's high time this was fixed." Government MP Tim Wilson defended the Bill, and said the "cosy relationship between super funds and life insurers was harming workers", particularly ...

Licensee faces hefty remediation bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Australian financial services license holder ClearView Financial Advice has been hit with a remediation bill for $730,000. ClearView's review and remediation program for over 200 clients who received poor life insurance advice resulted in the figure. ...

Pinnacle ramps up distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Pinnacle is expanding its distribution team with a new appointment from JCP Investment Partners. Wes Campbell will be joining Pinnacle as director, distribution. He was most recently executive director and head of business development at JCP Investment ...

Northern Trust chair defends Woodford loan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Northern Trust chair and chief executive Michael O'Grady has defended the company giving an embattled Neil Woodford fund added flexibility on a £150 million loan. The British fundie famously took to YouTube to apologise to investors after his fund ...

Allianz Retire+ to research retirement transition

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Allianz Retire+ is partnering with Macquarie University in a three-year research project to better understand the impact of holistic advice on retiree happiness. Macquarie University associate professor Joanne Earl will lead the project, and will work ...

NAB launches team for vulnerable customers

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
NAB has created a specialist team of bankers dedicated to recognising and responding to signs a customer is experiencing vulnerability. Called the NAB Customer Support Hub, its aim is to help detect the early stages of financial hardship, such as scam ...

CommSec responds to sale rumours

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... process is incomplete so it would be inappropriate for us to comment any further at this time." Ord Minnett chief executive Tim Gunning also declined to comment on the speculation. The rumours come after IOOF divested its majority stake in Ord Minnett ...

Chief executive bonuses unscathed by public perception

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Declining public trust in the post-Royal Commission world was not enough to dampen executive pay packets, with over half of ASX100 chief executives receiving at least 70% of their maximum entitlement. A report from the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

New principal consultants at Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
Frontier Advisors has promoted two from its team to principal consultants. Infrastructure specialist Manish Rastogi and capital markets and asset allocation specialist Philip Naylor were promoted to principal consultants from senior consultants. Rastogi ...

FinPal and MiiiA merge, announce rebrand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
Financial advice software providers FinPal and MiiiA have announced plans to merge their technologies and services before rebranding as Fin365. FinPal founder and chief executive Stephen Handley said he is confident the merger will lead to accelerated ...