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KPMG names risk consulting partners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
KPMG Australia expanded its risk consulting practice with two partners joining the firm specialising in financial services. Chris de Wit has joined as partner in governance, risk & controls advisory and Kat Conner as risk, strategy & technology partner. ...

Investors move to thematic funds

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... global pandemic, with many posting eye-catching returns over the period," Morningstar's director of manager research practice Wing Chan EMEA & Asia said. In the Asia Pacific region, Chan said technology, ESG-related, electrical vehicles and renewable ...

Family law super reforms released

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... the legislation as soon as possible and look forward to working with stakeholders on how the process can work best in practice." The development comes after the government abandoned its controversial proposal to extend the early release of superannuation ...

CountPlus acquires tech solution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... injection in the firm should benefit existing Wealth Axis clients through additional resources, scale and access to best practice capabilities. "We understand the importance of creating efficiencies in how we deliver advice so that advisers and their ...

AFCA names two lead ombudsmen

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... projects and regulatory projects. Previously she was head of institutional and business banking legal for St George and practice leader for business banking at Westpac. "Emma and Suanne will bring significant financial sector and legal experience to ...

Super fund risk culture "immature": APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... side, organisations that are poor on this front have leaders who are perceived as being cynical of good risk management practice, don't genuinely portray the importance of risk management and who don't 'walk the talk' - that is, they might say the right ...

Asendium launches swift SOA solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
The fintech has officially launched a solution that slashes the time to generate a statement of advice from eight hours to two hours. Asendium is aiming to reduce three major bottlenecks for advisers: processes, people and fragmented systems. Asendium ...

Pendal to use Calastone order routing

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... Calastone managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand Ross Fox said. "It marks a critical juncture where best-practice technology grows into a market utility, with greater scale and power to solve industry problems and forge new ground for ...

Former adviser charged with $3.3m fraud

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
A former Sentinel Wealth financial adviser with a gambling addiction has been charged with stealing $3.3 million from clients. New South Wales Police confirmed to Financial Standard that Gavin Fineff was charged with 18 offences of dishonestly obtaining ...

AMP adds partnered portfolios to MyNorth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... committed to making MyNorth the platform of choice for all advisers and their clients." Western Australia-based advice practice Blueprint Wealth is one of the firms to launch a new PMP and its general manager Greg Major said the portfolios are a quality ...