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EQT welcomes head of insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
Equity Trustees has hired a former Mercer principal as its new head of insurance. Princess Navarro, who was most recently Mercer's insurance, policy and governance leader, has linked with EQT after nearly two decades with the implemented consulting ...

AMP MDA constraints frustrate advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... efficiently execute changes to client portfolios - one of the key advantages of having an MDA in the first place. In response to Financial Standard 's enquiry on the subject, an AMP spokesperson said: "A licence renewal process with ASIC for managed ...

Chief economist update: Fed cut and Trump's war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... both in the US and its trading partners. Central banks are now easing or maintaining ultra-loose monetary policies in response. But as The Economist printed (in its discussion of the Fed's interest rate cut): "A further cut would not be universally ...

Document leak puts NAB under the pump

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... review notes and a draft report it prepared for the bank to send to APRA on NAB's risk management and culture. In response, NAB chief risk officer Shaun Dooley said the bank has been "open and transparent in acknowledging the significant improvements ...

Pengana adds fee class for global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... $97 million Pengana International Fund will now be available with a lower base fee and a performance fee structure, in response to adviser demand. Pengana has traditionally offered the fund to financial advisers at a flat 0.974% management fee per annum ...

Advice software firm appoints sales lead

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... for advisers. WealthO2 has appointed Phil Anderson as national business development manager, in a new role created in response to "growing demand for a low cost, unconflicted, adviser platform alternative". Anderson joins from Stanford Brown which he ...

Final nail in the coffin for grandfathered commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... The Treasury Laws Amendment (Ending Grandfathered Conflicted Remuneration) Bill 2019 implements the government's response to the final report, to end the grandfathering of conflicted remuneration by 1 January 2021. "We are also going further, by ...

IFM Investors reports $114m in FY19 profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... results come out in September or October. It is very conscious of the increased demands for transparency," Himbury said in response to a question from Financial Standard.

Member interests delay recommended

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... committee, an increase to insurance premiums as a result of the overall risk profile of group insured members shifting in response to the legislation would serve only to demonstrate "the substantial cross-subsidies that are inherent in the current system". ...

APRA proposes new remuneration standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... encourage executives to put greater focus on non-financial risks, such as culture and governance," he said. "As our recent response to the industry self-assessments made clear, this remains a weak spot in many financial institutions." Lonsdale clarified ...