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Fractional farmland investing platform launches

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... give potential buyers and sellers the opportunity to understand how the platform works." Bricklet and parent company Lakeba chair Giuseppe Porcelli said it is exciting to be working in partnership with LAWD to take Bricklet into a whole new area of the ...

More PwC staff to go, will remain anonymous

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
PwC acting chief executive Kristin Subbins confirmed the embattled firm will stand down more senior staff while tax breach investigations continue, however their names will not be revealed. In an open letter, Stubbins apologised for the firm sharing ...

Lazard implements new leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... current chief executive of financial advisory Peter R. Orszag to the role of chief executive, while former chief executive and chair Kenneth M. Jacobs will step into the role of executive chair of the board. Orszag has served as Lazard's chief executive ...

Martin Fahy to step down as ASFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... fiscal burden of an ageing population affordable," he said. "I would like to thank the ASFA team, board, and our previous chair Michael Easson for the support. I am particularly indebted to Gary Dransfield, for his guidance and leadership over the last ...

Super members want free advice: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... informed decisions about savings, debt, mortgage, and rental stresses, investments and retirement planning," he said. Otivo chair Ian Knox said that legislative support from the government enabling super funds to have payment of advice fees deducted ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... it is now the third-largest life insurer in Australia, according to Plan for Life data. Most recently, Harrison served as chair of Synchron, a role he took up in 2011 and held until the group's acquisition by WT Financial Group in 2022. His involvement ...

APRA finalises rules for financial crisis readiness

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... institutional instability. Yesterday, APRA finalised CPS 900 and its accompanying Prudential Practice Guide (CPG 190). APRA chair John Lonsdale said the finalisation of these standards is an important milestone in the regulators strategy to promote the ...

Poor policy administration sees MLC Life pay $22m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... will pay the benefits promised to them and keep them properly informed if there are changes to their policies," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "The failings recognised by the Court are the result of poor governance, poor controls, and poor systems ...

AMP fined $24m for charging deceased customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... obviously unable to monitor their accounts and were entirely reliant on the representatives of their estates." ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said: "The AMP companies had been notified that these customers had died, and despite this, continued to charge ...

Insignia bolsters executive leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... outcomes, ensuring alignment to Insignia's governance functions. She reports directly to the Insignia superannuation trustees chair. Coyne brings more than 25 years' industry experience to the role. She has spent the last 15 years at MLC and Insignia ...