Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 831 - 840 of 1978 results for "TAS"

Two senior hires at Integrity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
Integrity Life announced the appointment of two senior roles ahead of launching its retail product. Julie James is the new regional manager of retail, while Cornell Hoffman joins as head of finance. After 11 years at Zurich, James will now be responsible ...

Stop undermining franking credit refunds: Wilson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson warned the proposed changes to franking credit refunds will not only damage the Australian economy but undermine the tax system. Wilson presented an economic case on why both sides of politics should safeguard ...

Corporate and industry super funds unite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
A longstanding corporate retirement fund is merging with an $8.6 billion industry superannuation fund. Members of the Fairbrother Employee Retirement Fund have had their super savings rolled over to Tasplan under a new agreement reached between the ...

Industry funds lead website experience

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
Industry superannuation funds are providing members a better website experience than retail funds but retail wins when it comes to retirement calculators, the latest digital engagement study finds. IQ Group's fifth annual study on digital engagement ...

Read the whole thing: FASEA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
In his first address to the financial advice industry, FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield urged advisers and stakeholders to ensure they read the authority's draft legislation in its entirety to avoid further confusion. Addressing the 2018 FPA ...

MetLife expands retail arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
MetLife Australia continues to bolsters its retail division with four key appointments. Marcus Chan joins MetLife as sales manager for New South Wales. He came from BT Financial Group where he worked as a business development manager. Also from BTFG ...

Comyn promises personal accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
CBA chief executive Matt Comyn told the financial services Royal Commission how he plans to overhaul the bank that was "once great" under his leadership, but flagged there might be "missteps" along the way. Comyn admitted that the pursuit of financial ...

Former Cbus executive joins Tasplan board

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
A previous Cbus investment executive is joining Tasplan Super's board as a non-executive director. Joining Tasplan's board in the New Year is Trish Donohue. She worked at Cbus for 17 years and was one of the founding members of its investment team. ...

Vamos joins embattled insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Industry stalwart Pauline Vamos is set to become chair of an ASX-listed insurance company which was taken to task during the Royal Commission. Vamos is now a non-executive director on the board of Freedom Insurance Group, the insurer that was admonished ...

Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
About one-in-three financial advisers aligned with some of Australia's largest institutions are female but women still represent less than one quarter of all advisers. Latest insight from Rainmaker shows the gender diversity of Australia's financial ...