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CountPlus appoints group head of people and culture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... financial services experience to the role. She has previously held senior human resources positions at AMP, the Commonwealth Bank, News Corp, and the global professional services firm, Marsh McLennan. CountPlus chief executive Hugh Humphrey said the ...

Fortnum expands engagement, growth team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... Hunter Wealth Financial Advisers. Gapps has also held senior positions at ANZ Wealth, BT Financial Group, and the Commonwealth Bank. Fortnum's group chief executive and managing director Neil Younger said the group is focused on working closely with ...

PwC appoints chief economist for Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... joining PwC, Auster was chief executive of the Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency and a chief adviser for the Commonwealth Treasury. She has also served as the deputy secretary of the Department of Treasury and Finance, executive director of ...

Data sharing laws updated in response to Optus breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... and safeguards for customers affected by the data breach. Optus will also be able to share identifiers to assist Commonwealth, and state and territory agencies, to detect and assist in preventing fraud. The proposed changes cover all APRA-regulated entities ...

Court dismisses CBA, CFS conflicted remuneration case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
The Federal Court dismissed ASIC's case against Commonwealth Bank and Colonial First State in relation to the distribution of Essential Super. CBA staff signed up over 390,000 people to CFS's Essential Super between July 2013 and June 2019. ...

Charges laid against former BBY head of operations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
... Court yesterday, the matter was adjourned for further mention on October 25. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. ASIC suspended BBY's AFS licence in May 2015 and it was placed into voluntary administration ...

A sensible roadmap: Industry responds to QAR paper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... best interests duty would see the industry return to "the bad old days that allowed scandals like those involving Commonwealth Financial Planning and Storm Financial to occur." "This would be an incredible disappointment to the victims of financial advice ...

Remediation bills revealed amid call for levy freeze extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... Australia calls for an extension to the adviser levy freeze. The figure is the total from ASIC show AMP, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie, NAB and Westpac's respective remediation programs that were commenced following the regulator's reviews into fees ...

NGS Super chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... joined from AMP where she was senior manager, trustee governance. She also held roles at Suncorp, Perpetual and Commonwealth Bank. NGS Super is currently recruiting for a permanent replacement.

Commonwealth Bank profit nears $10bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) reported its cash net profit has risen 11% to $9.6 billion and its net profit increased 9% to $9.7 billion since last year. The banking giant said home loans, up 7.4%, contributed to the strong earnings as well as growth in core ...