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Super fund rebrands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... it's just our name that's new!" the site reads. While a rebranding often tends to come as part of a wider strategic plan, this is not the case for the super fund, with the decision to change its name actually more out of necessity. Speaking to ...

ASIC launches investigation into Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... technology solution was pointed to as part of the solution. The bank also committed to developing a financial crime strategic plan shared with AUSTRAC and making a number of external appointments to change leadership of its risk and financial crime areas. ...

Super trustees must do better: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
APRA will soon need to have some difficult conversations with poorly performing superannuation funds, according to chair Wayne Byres. Speaking at a Gilbert + Tobin event in Sydney this week, Byres said the ability of the prudential regulator to hold ...

La Trobe Financial expands executive team

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... experience" in leadership makes him a valuable addition, and he will play a major role in executing La Trobe Financial's strategic plan. Completing the trio of appointments is Annie Sestito, who has been appointed senior executive head of people, PR ...

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
The prudential regulator confirmed a "traffic light" system aimed at weeding out underperforming superannuation funds is currently in the works. Deputy chair Helen Rowell flagged APRA is developing a heat map based on four key areas -investment returns ...

AMP Capital restructures real estate arm

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
AMP Capital has made several changes to the leadership of its real estate arm, amid a realignment of the business unit. The global investment manager has split its real estate business into two specialist sectors: retail, and office and logistics. As ...

AMP profits dive, chief pay restructured

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... realistic." He said the board considered De Ferrari's remuneration in light of the agreement to sell AMP Life and the new strategic plan. The board "made these changes to Mr De Ferrari's remuneration arrangements to retain, motivate and align him to ...

Financial advice firm grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... Whittaker Macnaught has acquired Warren McHattan Financial Services in Parramatta, putting into motion a broader strategic plan called EWM4.0. "We have thought about the advice business we would design if we were a 2019 start-up and we are on schedule ...

Ariel Investments promotes president

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
Ariel Investments has promoted its long-serving president to co-chief executive as part of its succession plan. Mellody Hobson is now president and co-chief executive of the Chicago-based fund manager. Since taking on the new title in July, Hobson is ...

APRA sticks to rigid member outcomes deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The prudential regulator has set high expectations for trustees to meet the inaugural annual outcomes assessment, which is less than six months away. While consultation for prudential standard Strategic Planning and Member Outcomes (SPS 515) is underway ...