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AZ NGA welcomes head of M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... deals. Prior to joining AZ NGA, she spent almost 15 years in M&A at People & Partners. She also served as a director on the board of EISS Super for about eight years, exiting the board upon the fund's merger with Cbus. Meanwhile, Symes will head ...

Asset managers dismiss liquidity risks: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
Too many asset managers are disregarding liquidity risks and are unprepared in the event of mass redemptions, a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) finds. The UK regulator found that many authorised funds dismiss their liquidity management ...

Selfwealth chief in sudden exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... appointed chair Christine Christian said the departure comes as Selfwealth undergoes "a period of transformation" as the board focuses on reshaping the leadership team "to ensure Selfwealth is strategically and commercially positioned to take advantage ...

Openmarkets hit with largest ever MDP penalty

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... with the infringement notice, Openmarkets has entered into an enforceable undertaking. This requires the broker to bring on board an independent expert to assess and report on its organisation and technical resources. The expert will also identify and ...

Institutions must raise the bar on cybersecurity resilience: APRA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... programs were incomplete, inconsistent, lacked independence and did not provide adequate assurance for management and the board. Incident response plans were also found not to be regularly reviewed or tested. APRA said in some cases response plans were ...

Frontier calls for better unlisted asset valuations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... that very few funds had robust frameworks for valuation, lacked independent valuation committees, and exhibited unclear board-approved policies, leading to potential conflicts of interest and delayed adoption of valuation adjustments. Frontier Advisors ...

Allegro unveils PwC entity as Scyne Advisory

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... O'Neill called on PwC to clarify whether the eight partners have been appropriately referred to ASIC, the Tax Practitioners Board, Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CAANZ), and other relevant professional bodies. "It would also be appropriate ...

Mercer appoints three new directors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... Management boards. Meanwhile, Infrastructure Victoria chair Jim Miller was appointed to the Mercer Superannuation (Australia) board. Venketasan has over 25 years' experience in financial services. Most recently, she was the co-founder of Human Financial ...

Apostle links with venture capital firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... conceived at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and the University of Rochester. Many of Safar's board members, trustees, and partners come from these institutions. Safar's Fund I was launched in May 2019 with US$287 ...

Technology top threat to company culture: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
New and emerging technology is the biggest threat to company culture within financial services firms, more than 60% of senior leaders say. According to a report by Allen & Overy (A&O Consulting), Organisational culture in financial services, 62% of ...