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Life commissions, referral fees still kosher: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... referral fees, and took aim at a former FASEA board member in the process. AFA general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson dove into commissions and fees in a detailed presentation in light of the FASEA Code of Ethics, Life Insurance ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
Equity markets appeared to be immune several weeks after COVID-19 first made global headlines - it was known as "novel coronavirus" then - with the S&P 500 index and the S&P/ASX 200 index, among others, even hitting record highs. Even heavily-hit China's ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that the economy added 13,500 jobs in January - more than market expectations for an increase of 10,000 - with the creation of 46,200 full-time positions more than offsetting the termination of ...

Zurich appoints distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... its new distribution team following the integration of OnePath Life. Nathan Taggart holds the role of head of sales, while Phil Gould is now head of distribution analytics and governance. Other appointments include Tim Atley as head of strategic account ...

OneVue recoups $4.36m from Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... year. The sale price was not reported. When the main holding company Sargon Capital and some other entities associated to Phil Kingston defaulted on a loan from a Chinese lender and were forced into external administration in late January, OneVue appointed ...

Global index creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
FTSE Russell has announced a new head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, in a newly-created role. Helena Fung will take on the role, being responsible for FTSE Russell's sustainable investment indexes and data services across the Asia Pacific ...

SMSF auditors in firing line

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
ASIC has cracked down on a number of auditors of self-managed super funds, which the regulator said have failed to meet their requirements. "ASIC has moved to disqualify, or suspend and/or add conditions to the registration of, a number of auditors ...

NAB further delays offloading MLC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
National Australia Bank in its quarterly update flagged another delay to the separation of MLC Wealth. NAB said that due to a challenging business environment, the separation of MLC Wealth may be delayed beyond financial year 2020. "Work on operational ...

Chief economist update: Australians not confident enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
Latest surveys show an improvement in Australian consumer and business confidence despite concerns over the impact of the bushfires, floods and the coronavirus. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose 2.3% to 95.5 in February ...

Tough times continue for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... said Fagg leaves with the group's best wishes, having strengthened the group's risk management. AMP chief audit executive Phil Pakes will take over from Fagg, stepping down from his current role to work with Fagg during the transition. Pakes joined AMP ...