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Think carefully before internalising investment: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Industry consultant PwC is reaffirming the view that superannuation funds should think carefully before internalising investment management. In its latest paper, Internal Investment Management - Yes or No?, PwC notes while there may be many good reasons ...

Citi appoints government affairs head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Services Roundtable and chief economist at the Financial Services Council. He has also been a government relations manager at PwC, a senior adviser at the Office of Kevin Rudd, a Treasury economist and principal policy analyst at Treasury and Finance ...

Life insurance ripe for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... challenges in the life insurance industry are exacerbating profitably and forcing some players out of the market, the latest PwC report shows. Customer demographics, ongoing trust issues, heightened regulation, foreign entrants, technology and competition ...

Grant Samuel flags two senior appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... manager, institutional sales. Before that, he was head of business development at MMC Asset Management, and has held roles at PwC, Westpac, AMP and Clayton Utz. New head of retail distribution Stephen Fletcher, meanwhile, was an internal promotion. Fletcher ...

New social bond advocates gender equality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... measure the impact of these investments." Organisations included in the bond's initial portfolio include Lend Lease, Mirvac, PwC, KPMG Australia, Minter Ellison and Monash University. As at September 2016, female representation across the NAB Group sits ...

HLB Mann Judd builds Melbourne presence

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... was managing partner at Moore Stephens Canberra and also held roles with EY and KPMG. McMenamin joined HLB Mann Judd from PwC Private Clients and brings expertise in tax structure, family business and succession and business strategy. He was previously ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... the global average of 51. Canada's pension system has the largest average at 92. Regardless of the low number, the latest PwC global pension funds study shows Australian super funds are increasing the insourcing of investment functions with a focus on ...

IRESS appoints new CTO from IOOF

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... information officer at Australian Wealth Management (which was subsequently acquired by IOOF). He has also held roles at S&P, PwC and Volkswagen Financial Services. Todd replaces David Walker, who will become chief architect at IRESS having been chief ...

Super industry CEO joins IIRC board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... forward to working with the IIRC board to move this agenda forward, in Australia and globally." Surveys recently conducted by PwC and EY both demonstrate investor demand for improvement in the way companies explain how they create value, with 70% of ...

NAB board member joins Platinum

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... more than 30 years' experience as a former partner in the financial services assurance practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. At PwC she worked with a range of clients in banking, property, private equity and wealth management sectors providing advice on ...