Ian Laughlin appointed as a Principal of PFS Consulting

PFS Consulting Principal, PFS Consulting - Financial Services Boards, risk management implications

Ian is a former Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Deputy Chair, and has had more than 40 years’ experience in the finance and insurance industry. He has held a range of senior executive and board positions in Australia, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Most recently, he was the chair of ANZ-owned OnePath Life Insurance […]

Insurance and the Royal Commission

Insurance and the royal commission

Insurance was the last sector to come under scrutiny by the Royal Commission. Ineffective regulation, aggressive sales tactics and difficult claims processes were just some of the issues uncovered. Coupled with the proposed Protecting Your Super Package Bill 2018, these findings will have far-reaching consequences for insurance within superannuation. What do the findings of the Royal […]

The Royal Commission: Questions to ask in financial services

Royal Commission, financial services

The interim report of the Royal Commission into Financial Services (released on September 28) was certainly damning. It paints the picture of a financial services industry focussed on the pursuit of short-term profit at the expense of basic standards of honesty. Of course, not all Australia’s financial services institutions have been guilty of such poor […]

PFS Consulting’s rebrand: Same values, stronger identity

John Newman, PFS Consulting, Professional Financial Solutions, Rebrand

Advisory firm PFS Consulting has recently undergone a rebrand. John Newman, Managing Director of the firm, explains more. Why is PFS doing a rebrand? “PFS as a firm has grown far beyond what it was originally envisaged as. Although much about the business remains the same as when the firm was established 17 years ago, a […]