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Realigning remuneration expectations

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Incentives could be 30-40% lower in 2020 owing to COVID-19 and underperforming investment products, according to a new compensation report covering asset management, insurance and sales. This year is "unusually important" for salaries as the trifecta ...

Suncorp wealth head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
Suncorp is again searching for a new banking and wealth chief executive, after the incumbent lasted just three months. Lee Hatton will leave the Queensland bank at the end of the month, bringing her tenure as chief executive of Suncorp's banking and ...

ASX appoints compliance chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
The ASX has appointed a new chief compliance officer, as the incumbent prepares to step down after a decade in the role. The ASX's deputy general counsel Janine Ryan will take over from Kevin Lewis as he shifts into an advisory role ahead of his retirement ...

Former State Super investments chief returns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
A former State Super chief investment officer is returning to the fund as a director. Lisbeth Rasmussen has joined the board of State Super, three years after departing the fund and the role of chief investment officer. Rasmussen left the fund in late ...

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... record highs on February 20, the Dow is down 20.5%, the S&P is down 17.5% and the Nasdaq has fallen 13.7%. According to Johns Hopkins University, there are 867,459 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the US, while deaths in the country near 50,000. ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Bad timing it may be but, it is what it is. The coronavirus pandemic struck just when the dark clouds of Brexit uncertainty lifted over the United Kingdom. For the best part of three years, Brexit was on every Brits mind - dampening business investment ...

AIOFP launches fresh campaign, criticises FPA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
In launching its latest campaign to retain commissions, the industry body has accused the Financial Planning Association of Australia of taking money from the big banks in return for support. Writing to members, Association of Independently Owned Financial ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... one million people could be jobless. Managing director of Health and Finance Integrated and founder of ClaimRight William Johns is deeply familiar with Centrelink. ClaimRight is a claims administration technology company that is designed to streamline ...

Man Group hires from BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Man GLG, the discretionary investment manager of Man Group, has hired a new head of Asia ex-Japan equities from BlackRock. Andrew Swan will join Man GLG from Q3 this year and will be based in the Sydney office. Swan was most recently head of Asia and ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... although the city has reopened, it is likely that the trauma of the pandemic will linger for many years to come. According to Johns Hopkins University, there have been 3213 deaths from the coronavirus in the Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital. ...