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Financial services workers content with pandemic changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... spent commuting, and wearing more comfortable clothing to work - but they expect their employer to focus on digital transformation and finding ways to do more with less." More than 58% of respondents want their employer to prioritise personal hygiene ...

AIST veteran tenders resignation

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... is set to leave the organisation October 7. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Mannix-White oversaw the digital transformation and delivery of AIST's education and event offerings, including its flagship Conference of Major Super Funds event. AIST chief ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... a curtain, behind which, companies have laid off countless staff and taken steps to accelerate existing digital transformation strategies. "There have been lots of layoffs -whether they abide by the Fair Work Act is the test and I would expect some focus ...

The five threats to super fund survival

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... reduction of competition that results from a smaller field of funds. "We believe scale must be accompanied by digital transformation and innovation to drive down underlying costs and simultaneously improve the member experience." On the innovation front ...

Westpac names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... remain to drive performance through the bank's various lines of business, sharper accountability and digital transformation. In addition, McFarlane said the board and King have decided that all group executive short-term variable rewards are cancelled ...

Suncorp executive exits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... said: "Harland has made a significant contribution in strengthening Suncorp's technology and led Suncorp's digital transformation over the past three years." Harland said she was proud of what was delivered under her leadership. "It has been a privilege ...

Powerwrap appoints director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... and her skill in building successful businesses, and driving innovation and growth through multi-channel digital transformation strategies, should be of great benefit to Powerwrap." Earlier this year the firm posted a strong first result as a listed ...

Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... four banks, it is smaller institutions that find it difficult to sustain that growth and keep pace with digital transformation and increasing regulatory complexity." He explained both Holiday Coast Credit Union and Regional Australia Bank have been performing ...

Bank appoints new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... Patrick Allaway as the next chairman who will facilitate BOQ's strategic agenda, including the ongoing digital transformation of the bank." The bank has seen significant turnover among its key roles in recent months. In December, BOQ's managing director ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
Life insurers are ramping up efforts to improve pricing and underwriting efficiencies with the help of startups to make it possible, a new insurtech study shows. The second annual EY and Insurtech Australia report found almost three-in-four (72%) insurtechs ...