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CommInsure, TAL engaged in troubling conduct: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
In closing the sixth round of the Royal Commission, counsel assisting found that CommInsure, TAL and Rest may have engaged in conduct that fell below community standards after hearing "troubling" evidence from various case studies. CommInsure and Colonial ...

Industry body names first chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
The RegTech Association has appointed its first chief executive and added two new directors to its board. The RegTech Association has promoted general manager Deborah Young to the newly created role of chief executive. Young has served as general manager ...

Financial planning needs more women: FPA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is calling for greater gender balance in financial planning, citing increased consumer demand for female planners. In a release, the association said the proportion of women in financial planning ...

AFCA membership deadline arrives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Financial services firms have until close of business today to register for membership of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. ASIC has issued a warning to all Australian financial services licensees, superannuation trustees and authorised ...

Retirement living advice is an opportunity: Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
On the back of the aged care Royal Commission recently announced, financial advisers should delve deeper into the retirement living conversation with clients, according to a technical services expert. Speaking at yesterday's Challenger Financial ...

CFSGAM chief executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
The longstanding chief executive of Colonial First State Global Asset Management has resigned. After 10 years in the role, Mark Lazberger has announced he is leaving the $213 billion business. In the interim, chief operating officer Mark Steinberg will ...

Arnhem portfolio manager departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
As the winding down of Arnhem Investment Management rolls on, the portfolio manager of its Global Growth SMA is bowing out. Arnhem partner and portfolio manager Theo Maas has confirmed he is leaving the embattled fund manager, effective today. In a ...

IFM bids to build Melbourne Airport rail link

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
IFM Investors is part of a consortium seeking to fund and develop the long-awaited Melbourne Airport rail link. The $112 billion institutional fund manager partnered with Melbourne Airport, Metro Trains Australia and Southern Cross Station to form AirRail ...

Easton buys SMSF service provider

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
Easton Investments has acquired a company which authorises accountants to provide SMSF advice services. The SMSF Expert has a limited AFSL and runs a subscription-based model, providing dealer services including compliance, training, technical support ...

Franking credits inquiry launched

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... rebate investors receive from excess dividend imputation credits if it won the next election. Committee chair and Government MP Tim Wilson said the inquiry was necessary to address community concerns about Labor's proposal. "The ability for investors ...