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CountPlus names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... Hugh Humphrey will take over as chief executive of CountPlus on July 1, having finished up as general manager of NAB's consumer banking operations across New South Wales and emerging markets last month. He replaces Rowe who stepped down in February ...

Westpac architects new institutional banking platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
Westpac has begun work on a new transactional platform for institutional clients, using UK technology provider 10x Banking to provide the core technology. The two companies have signed a letter of understanding that's built on an existing three-year ...

ASIC outlines cybersecurity expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... should serve as a wake-up call to all licensees as to their obligations, saying that should be aware of the potential consumer harms that arise from cybersecurity shortcomings. Licensees are also expected to adopt good cybersecurity risk management practices ...

US inflation wavers near a 40-year high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
The US inflation rate has fallen to 8.3%, but the Consumer Price Index continues to flirt with catastrophic 40-year highs. The index also revealed that costs had risen by a monthly rate of 0.3% in April after having risen 1.2% in March. This decline ...

AustralianSuper boosts private equity investments by $13bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... to be invested in the US where the fund is targeting a range of sectors including healthcare, technology, industrials, consumer and financials. AustralianSuper's head of private equity Terry Charalambous said the fund will increase its allocation to ...

Westpac reports $3.1bn in cash earnings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... the Australian economy was robust and would persevere through the challenging circumstances of the first half of 2022. "Consumer spending may be tempered by higher prices and higher interest rates. However, the positives of strong household and business ...

Breach reporting regime a distraction: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
A survey of compliance professionals has found 67% believe ASIC's breach reporting rules distract from other issues and the greatest proportion of reports filed relate to financial advice failures. A report from CoreData, Lawcadia and Gadens looks ...

OC Funds Management snares senior investment analyst

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... Australian small and mid-cap companies. Yeoh will also add to the team's coverage across a broad range of sectors including consumer discretionary, industrials and information technology. Previously Yeoh was a research analyst at Cooper Investors where ...

Finalists announced in 2022 MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
The finalists for the 28 th annual Financial Standard MAX Awards have been named, with voting now open until May 13. The Financial Standard MAX Awards highlight individuals, teams and organisations in the financial services industry excelling in the ...

Australian Ethical hands down tech mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... customised projections to all its superannuation members. DASH has been appointed by Australian Ethical to power direct to consumer projections that will appear in super fund members' online statements and client portals. "We are delighted to be working ...