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New head of investments at MLC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
MLC Asset Management has announced a leadership change. Head of investments Susan Gosling will be stepping down and Al Clark has been appointed in her place. Gosling is retiring after 30 years in the industry, including 17 years at MLC. "The Scenarios ...

ACSI, AFIC respond to Westpac scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... why a fulsome investigation was not initiated earlier." She added that ACSI will be closely monitoring Westpac and its progress on remediation and improvement. "Investors want to see Westpac's culture and governance strengthened to avoid a repeat of ...

Boutique portfolio manager to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
A Sydney small caps boutique has appointed a new co-portfolio manager, as its founder and chief investment officer announces his retirement plans. Frank Villante will retire from Celeste Funds Management in November 2021. As a result, Celeste is promoting ...

IOOF completes licence conditions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... actionable items for the quarter to September 30. IOOF chief executive Renato Mota said: "We continue to make significant progress towards meeting all licence conditions required by APRA." "Our focus on accelerating our investment in governance remains ...

CBA wealth boss to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... divestment of Count Financial and planning for the exit of the aligned advice businesses as well as making substantial progress on remediation activities across our wealth businesses." "I thank him for his leadership of NewCo, and wish him the very best ...

Westpac chief believes in financial advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... Australia's four major banks to account. Wilson said: "The committee's scrutiny will include examining the four major banks' progress in implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial ...

NAB remediation team swells, no executive bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... previous year for NAB. "A gap remains between where we are today and where we need to be for customers, but we are making progress and will execute with urgency, discipline and accountability to become the bank we can all be proud of," Chronican said. ...

CBA finalises CommInsure sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
Commonwealth Bank has completed the divestment of its life insurance business to AIA Australia, which includes a 25-year joint co-operation agreement. After more than two years of negotiations, CBA said it has received an upfront payment of $500 million ...

AMP extends adviser deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... "It also creates an appropriate milestone to ensure practices work toward making a decision and that AMP can plan and progress its advice business reshape." AMP said it had already extended the deadline for individual practices that had requested more ...

Suncorp wealth chief steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... achievements but mostly the genuine commitment and care team members demonstrate every day to support our customers and the progress we have made digitising the business making it easier for our customers," Carter said. Suncorp said the bank has implemented ...