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Advice firm hires for increasing regulatory environment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
A prominent financial advice and accounting firm is welcoming a director of financial reporting to assist in the management of an increasing regulatory environment. HLB Mann Judd has hired Michelle Warren in the newly created role. Warren will oversee ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
It's the first Tuesday of November - the time when the "Melbourne Cup" runs and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets only a few hours apart. All bets are on! There are so many odds on the various horses running in the Cup but there's only ...

Industry fund chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
The long-running chief executive of a $9.4 billion industry superannuation fund is stepping down. Frank Pegan is exiting his role as chief executive at Catholic Super after 17 years at the helm. Chief risk officer David O'Sullivan acts as chief ...

Royal Commission hits Westpac cash earnings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
Westpac reported a flat net profit of $8 billion with increased remediation provisions and legal costs weighing on the group's cash earnings. The group recorded a 1% increase in net profit year-on-year to $8.095 billion for the 12 months to September ...

Train staff on privacy risks: OAIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has called for staff training on how to identify and prevent privacy risks, as financial services recorded the second highest number of data breaches in the third quarter of 2018. In its report of ...

Macquarie reshuffles asset management lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
Macquarie Group has made three senior appointments and reshuffled its asset management business as it posts 1H19 net profits of $1.3 billion. Former RBA board member Jillian Broadbent AO is joining the boards of Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank as ...

Life insurers fear genetic testing changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
Majority of life insurance companies fear the availability of genetic testing to consumers will be more disadvantageous and complex, and will have a negative impact on their business, a new survey shows. Strategic Insights' survey of retail, direct ...

Advisers choose their own journey on BT hub

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
The ability to select adviser services on an as needed basis will be the key ingredient to growth in BT Financial Group's newly-launched adviser hub. Commencing this week and first flagged in July, BT Open Services is a financial adviser hub set ...

Former UBS multi-asset expert joins boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
UBS Asset Management's former head of investment strategy has joined a financial advisory firm based in Sydney. Fixed income and multi-asset specialist Tracey McNaughton joined Wilsons Advisory this month as head of global macro strategy. For the last ...

TCorp finalises restructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
TCorp has capped its investment team restructure with three new appointments targeted at portfolio construction. Tanya Branwhite joins TCorp as the new head of portfolio construction. She joins from the Future Fund where she was most recently a director ...