Anna Mirzoyan has been appointed compliance and technical officer, while Aaron Beyer will join as a compliance officer, Lifespan said in a statement.
Ms Mirzoyan joins from MLC Wealth where she was a technical consultant, providing technical support to MLC’s adviser network and internal compliance team. Prior to that, she was a technical consultant at Fiducian Financial Services.
Her role will also include presenting at professional development (PD) days and conferences, and developing compliance and advice materials such as statement of advice (SOA) templates, technical articles and policies and procedures.
Meanwhile, Mr Beyer was previously a compliance officer at Shaw and Partners, where he was responsible for conducting compliance audits for brokers and planners and vetting SOAs.
Lifespan chief executive Eugene Ardino said the creation of the two compliance roles was necessary as the dealer group grew and compliance demands on licensees became more complex.
He said he was excited to see the impacts of Lifespan’s expanded compliance team on adviser outcomes.
“The compliance regime for planners has become much more demanding in the wake of the Hayne royal commission. Licensees have a duty to their authorised representatives to stay on top of the changes, and the only way to do that is to strengthen the compliance function,” Mr Ardino said.
“I’m really looking forward to seeing the benefits that our advisers gain from the boost to our compliance services in 2020 and beyond.”
These guys must be making a fortune or gearing up for sale , they appear to have made 7 or 8 senior appointments or are they removing old staff and replacing them with the leftovers of MLC
Hope they’re qualified, on the FAR, TPB registered, maintained their CPD and ready to sit the FASEA Exam (or have done it). Otherwise how will they give guidance to licensed persons?
Hope these two also have degree in Financial planning and be qualified before they start vetting life insurance SOA and deliver in time before the deal become cold and client doesn’t end up taking it. hourly turnaround or atleast daily turnaround is the best way to sell life insurance before client comes back and says ‘I will think about and let you know’.
Technically TPB registration isnt required for these roles…the rest i agree with
Lifespan is worse for vetting every life insurance file, turnaround time 5-7 days and with numerous back and forth could be longer, by the time vetting is done, client would have gone somewhere else… hard to deal with…
Maybe because your advice is not very good. If you have to flog insurance that quickly or the client finds out you are rorting them then maybe you are in the wrong field. Car sales may be more appropriate or some quick hit car insurance. I hear GIO is hiring. Muppet