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ANZ faces mis-selling allegations in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... Wales has allowed a case against ANZ and OnePath for mis-selling a life insurance product to proceed. Charles and Judith Cairns, New Zealand citizens residing permanently in Australia since 2004 under the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement (and granted ...

Magellan appoints former Network Ten chief

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... York. "We are delighted that Hamish McLennan has agreed to join Magellan as a non-executive director," Magellan chair Brett Cairns said. "Hamish is a talented and experienced individual who will bring an important perspective and skillset to the board ...

Hastings names new UTA portfolio managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... Australian Pacific Airports Corporation (Melbourne and Launceston Airports), and the acquisition of North Queensland Airports (Cairns and Mackay Airports). Hastings currently manages about $12.4 billion (as at 31 December 2015) across a number of funds ...

Government releases final risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... reduction of the clawback period as a positive step. "In an electronic poll held at our recent National Adviser Conference in Cairns our Members indicated almost unanimously that three-year clawback was the greatest issue in the reforms," she noted. ...

Life Insurance Framework fear fading

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... continued uncertainty regarding specific LIF deadlines, the prevailing sentiment at the 2015 AFA National Adviser Conference in Cairns was that change is inevitable and most advisers are ready to adapt. Speaking at the conference, Fox said that "the ...

Culture is the 'glue' that drives growth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... research has found. Organisational leadership expert David Peake, chief executive of Team Gene, said at the AFA conference in Cairns this week there is a mathematical formula to determine the performance of individual staff. This formula factors in the ...

Embrace change to stay relevant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... and social researcher Michael McQueen. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference in Cairns this week, McQueen cited examples of global well-known brands - such as Kodak, SAAB, Borders and Atari - that had recently ...

AFA Adviser, Practice of the Year named

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Centre was presented with the 2015 AFA Adviser of the Year Award at the close of another successful national conference in Cairns. At the same time, Kearney Group took home the coveted Practice of the Year Award. Presenting the awards at a sparkles and ...

The power of saying no to difficult advice clients

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... in Advice award winner Kate McCallum. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference in Cairns, McCallum explained that when her business was at a difficult point in 2009 and she only had 10 clients, she took on a bickering ...

The social benefits of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Effortless Engagement owner Dean Lombardo. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference in Cairns, Lombardo related how he'd run a workshop with parents of primary school-age children about their financial situations ...