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Media Super names new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... Heaney is well known in printing industry circles and was a former president of the industry body, Printing Industry Association of Australia. She is also managing director of Heaneys Performers in Print. "I'm looking forward greatly to taking on the ...

AMP deed of release bars advisers joining class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
AMP is allegedly handing departing financial advisers a contract with a clause in it that prohibits them from joining the current open class action. The Advisers Association chief executive Neil Macdonald said he became aware of a new clause in AMP's ...

FS Power50: Vote now

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Voting has opened for the 2020 FS Power50, recognising the most influential financial advisers in Australia. This year, Financial Standard received more than 170 nominations for the FS Power50 and the voting process has now launched. "The FS Power 50 ...

APRA intervention blindsided AFA, FPA taskforce

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
At the Financial Services Council Life Insurance Summit, the heads of financial advice industry associations admitted to being blindsided by APRA's intervention on individual disability income insurance. Association of Financial Advisers chief executive ...

Calls to investigate treatment of AMP advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
ASIC has come under pressure from a Senator to look into AMP's treatment of financial advisers, including reducing the value of its Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) agreements. Labor senator for NSW Deborah O'Neill has written to ASIC chair James Shipton ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... not vote in favour of the resolution because it was too narrow, seeking only that BHP walk away from its industry association memberships rather than put the onus the company to use its influence to create Paris aligned positions at them," Grey said. ...

Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
While backed by major industry associations and advocacy bodies, those that actually provide financial advice fear new temporary relief measures offered by ASIC may push Australians towards conflicted advice. On April 14 ASIC announced a raft of measures ...

ASIC provides relief around early super access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
ASIC has announced three temporary measures to assist the industry with providing affordable and timely advice during the COVID-19 crisis. It has also confirmed it is delaying its work on grandfathered conflicted remuneration and life insurance advice. ...

Industry fund looks within for co-chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... chief executive of furniture marker Herman Miller, Radda has also served as chief executive of the Furnishing Industry Association of Australia, and was first appointed as an employer representative on the fund's board in 2008. Marty will step down from ...

Why joint effort is required in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
Dante De Gori, chief executive of the Financial Planning Association of Australia, has explained why a united front is needed in financial advice as the bill to defer new education requirements is tabled in parliament. At the recent FPA Professionals ...