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RBA appoints operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... decision-making. She will work closely with governor Michele Bullock as the RBA continues to implement the changes recommended by the recent review. Woods is currently the part-time chair of Note Printing Australia. Before joining the RBA in 2018, Woods ...

VanEck establishes foothold in Brisbane

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... asset valuations and trade settlements. Liu brings over seven years of fund operations experience from State Street and recent expertise as a client service administrator at TCorp to her new role. VanEck chief executive and managing director Arian Neiron ...

MLC Life Insurance hires from Cbus

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
MLC Life Insurance has appointed Mirella Robinson to the newly created role of chief technology officer. Robinson, who brings 20 years' experience to the role, most recently served as chief information and technology officer at Cbus. Prior to Cbus ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
Former Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch has been appointed by the Albanese government to lead its Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CLSR). The scheme, which officially kicks off on April 2, aims to give ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... a fair bit of certainty to entice them back into the advice space and we may see that take a little longer," she told a recent PritchittBland event. "The reputational damage that some of the big brands suffered in advice will mean that they will need ...

Five megatrends shaping financial services: McCrindle

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... passed on to their grandchildren," he said. The fourth megatrend is around technological transformation. "Zapier did a recent study and found that 94% of workers say they perform repetitive, time-consuming tasks in their role, tasks that are ripe for ...

Financial services 300x more likely to get hacked: Expert

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... founder Fraser Jack warned delegates that the chances of getting hacked as a financial services business are extremely high. "Recent data suggests that financial services are 300 times more likely to have an attack," Jack said. "The cost of an attack ...

How will Division 296 Tax impact farmers?

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... area where farmers are going to be impacted more than they should be, and advisers need to be aware of this," Timms said. "Recent rapid increase in land values have seen members that previously wouldn't have been impacted face risks of this tax in the ...

Super contribution caps to rise on July 1

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... financial year should give serious consideration to doing so," he said. "Wages have been climbing at a relatively quick rate in recent years but contribution caps, because of the way they're indexed, haven't changed since 2021, so really we're ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... on advice provided about nine options that all persistently failed to meet performance expectations. It found the most recent advice provided in 66 of the 88 files was to continue investing in the underperforming option in one way or another. Eleven ...