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Insurtech is coming and could make insurance obsolete: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... technological change in the insurance industry is "dazzling" and will make the industry unrecognisable in years to come, a PwC expert said. In a blog published yesterday, digital experience centre lead partner Nick Spooner highlighted the rise of artificial ...

Financial services not immune to public inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... and its individual organisations cannot afford for misconduct to be identified and made public by an external party, said PwC Australia insurance leader Scott Fergusson. In addressing the opening day of the FSC Leaders Summit in Sydney, Fergusson acknowledged ...

Super associations unite to warn against 'political panel'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... for a government-led panel. The chairman however did not appear to entirely share the view of the associations. Citing the PwC submission, Harris noted various ways in which the risk of government influence could be mitigated including: the possibility ...

Australia can benefit from Brexit and Trump

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... examined as part of the Productivity Commission's paper on Australia's trade policy," Maddock stated. Contributing to the report, PwC partner Andrew Parker said projections of Asian success are not without risk but as one of only a few developed economies ...

Fund manager appoints new COO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... off in June last year. Before EY, Norman was a group accountant at Epic Energy and a senior accountant at MGI, which is now PwC Private Clients. Aurora managing director John Patton said he was "delighted to have secured the services of a very senior ...

The case for internal investment teams

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... going down the path of internal investment management is a good idea. In a report released last week, industry consultant PwC said superannuation funds should think carefully before internalising investment management, noting that the move will likely ...

Think carefully before internalising investment: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Industry consultant PwC is reaffirming the view that superannuation funds should think carefully before internalising investment management. In its latest paper, Internal Investment Management - Yes or No?, PwC notes while there may be many good reasons ...

Citi appoints government affairs head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Services Roundtable and chief economist at the Financial Services Council. He has also been a government relations manager at PwC, a senior adviser at the Office of Kevin Rudd, a Treasury economist and principal policy analyst at Treasury and Finance ...

Life insurance ripe for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... challenges in the life insurance industry are exacerbating profitably and forcing some players out of the market, the latest PwC report shows. Customer demographics, ongoing trust issues, heightened regulation, foreign entrants, technology and competition ...

Grant Samuel flags two senior appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... manager, institutional sales. Before that, he was head of business development at MMC Asset Management, and has held roles at PwC, Westpac, AMP and Clayton Utz. New head of retail distribution Stephen Fletcher, meanwhile, was an internal promotion. Fletcher ...