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Influential women in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
As private equity enjoys some of its best years, women are moving into some of the most influential roles in the sector in Australia. The five years to 2018 were some of the strongest years for the industry with $2.5 trillion in disclosed buyout deal ...

APRA hires former MLC Life executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
The former chief customer officer of group insurance at MLC Life Insurance has joined the prudential regulator. APRA confirmed Suzanne Smith has taken on the role of general manager of superannuation for the specialised institutions division. Melbourne-based ...

Former ASFA chair sees new EQT role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
Equity Trustees is welcoming a new deputy chair, moving a former Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chair alongside current EQT chairman Jeff Kennett. Jim Minto has been appointed as deputy chair of Equity Trustees. It is a move set to ...

Saxo appoints chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
Saxo Capital Markets appointed a new chief executive to lead its Australian operations. Adam Smith is the former chief operating officer of foreign exchange and payments ASX-listed firm OFX. Between October 2014 and September 2015, Smith was the former ...

KPMG expands advice remediation team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
KPMG recently launched a hiring spree to support clients with financial advice remediation efforts. As wealth managers further move to remediate customers for various fees for no service and financial advice misconduct, KPMG is bolstering its managed ...

Equity Trustees acquires superannuation trustee

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Equity Trustees announced it will acquire a superannuation trustee for $6.2 million. Equity Trustees' parent company EQT Holdings has signed an agreement to purchase Zurich Australian Superannuation (ZAS), a subsidiary of Zurich Australia. ZAS has ...

Macquarie shuffles wealth leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
Macquarie's wealth division is about to see a few changes at the top. From April 1, Macquarie head of wealth product and technology Cameron Garrett will head up the firm's wealth intermediary. After leading the firm's wealth products and technology ...

ASIC finalises EU with HSBC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
ASIC has completed an enforceable undertaking with HSBC Bank Australia and is satisfied the bank met all requirements. HSBC entered the court enforceable undertaking with ASIC on 13 May 2016. The regulator was concerned HSBC provided "potentially deficient ...

Platform acquisition boosts Bell Financial results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
Bell Financial Group's large platform acquisition helped boost its full-year results to December 2018. The stockbroking, investment and financial advisory firm saw revenue increase 7% to $220 million year on year. The majority of revenue was generated ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
Both sides of the franking credit debate were given air time during day one of the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne, but one dominated. Opposition to Labor's franking credits policy rose on the ...