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ANZ adds former CFSGAM exec to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... Christine O'Reilly will join the ANZ board on November 1 as a non-executive director, subject to shareholder approval at the December 16 annual general meeting. She is currently a non-executive board director at BHP, Medibank Private, Stockland and The ...

First YFYS performance test results weeks away

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... performance test despite Labor's push to do so. This will be followed by the third annual MySuper Product Heatmap in December.

Bitcoin fund manager hires distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... head of distribution in June. He was previously the general manager of strategic relations at Rest between June 2016 and December 2018, and was the managing director of Nikko Asset Management between 2007 and 2012. Hobart is responsible for creating ...

Dismal pass rate for latest CFA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... 41% of level one candidates passed. Pass rates for 2021 level two and three exams have not yet been released, but in December 2020 55% of level two candidates passed and 56% of level three candidates passed. The CFA exams have existed since 1964. Although ...

AMP sued over corporate super misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... 2019. ASIC is seeking declarations, pecuniary penalties and adverse publicity orders to be made by the court. As at 31 December 2020, AMP had paid $154 million in remediation for fee-for-no-service conduct to about 207,000 clients. It has also paid about ...

Future Fund appoints portfolio strategy lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... a deputy chief investment officer for portfolio strategy. Ben Samild was named to the role, which was left vacant in December 2020 after Sue Brake moved to Future Fund's chief investment role. Samild was most recently the head of alternatives, looking ...

Industry fund tops superannuation satisfaction survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... satisfaction in their funds ticked up to 71.7% in June 2021. This is 8.6% points higher than June 2020 and 6.9% higher than December 2020. Roy Morgan attributed the increase in satisfaction to strong markets and relatively shorter lockdowns during the ...

FIRB updates guidance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... commence a review of the foreign investment policy framework in the coming weeks, with the review to be completed by December 10. "Investors should seek advice from key legal advisers about the impact of the new FIRB guidance in respect of your private ...

Cromwell nabs Investa chief

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... Callaghan will commence the role of chief executive no later than January 2022, replacing Paul Weightman who retired in December 2020. Callaghan spent over 14 years at Investa and joined as group executive - corporate development and general counsel ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... market for advice practices in Australia. While further advice practice exits are anticipated before the conclusion of the December 31 buyback arrangements, he said, AMP's current expectation is these commitments will be covered by the existing provisions ...