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CPA Australia scraps advice offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... Australia's advice arm had lost about $6 million of members' money in 2016. It was only launched in 2015. A review conducted by PwC Strategy concluded that demand from members for the offering was insufficient to ensure financial viability, finding no ...

Super fund rationalisation painful: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... rationalisation of underperforming funds eventuates, the second day of Productivity Commission public hearings was told in Melbourne. PwC partner Cathy Nance was the latest to appear before the Commission tasked at improving the efficiency and competitiveness ...

AMP Capital appoints new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... financial officer in 2010. He was also group executive private wealth at Perpetual and corporate advisory services manager at PwC. AMP Capital also appointed Debra Hazelton as a non-executive director; Hazelton most recently worked as senior adviser ...

Commonwealth Bank CFO resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... permanent replacement is appointed. Docherty joined CBA in 2003, having previously held roles with Arthur Andersen, EY and PwC in the UK. "I am very pleased to have someone of Alan's calibre and experience step in to act as our chief financial officer ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... ploughed more than $1 billion to the sector since 2007. Tim Lee, a partner of the food and agribusiness advisory division at PwC, says water volatility and accessibility to required volumes are posing risks not only to producers, but to supply chains ...

PwC urges super trustees to fast-track GDPR compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regime must fast-track the necessary steps to comply with new, stringent privacy laws, PwC warns. Taking effect on 25 May 2018, GDPR applies to any business established in the EU and Australian businesses (including ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... industries are confident about growth prospects in 2018 but remain realistic about responding to intense fee pressures, a PwC global survey shows. The majority (87%) of the 126 asset and wealth management chief executives are gearing up for growth prospects ...

Former UniSuper investment analyst joins AustralianSuper

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... FactSet, an economic statistician at Statistics New Zealand and a senior research at Rothschild. He has also held roles at PwC, BlackRock and Statistics New Zealand. As reported yesterday, AustralianSuper - along with Australian Ethical, First State ...

More than half fail CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... by NAB (95), Macquarie Group (81) and Westpac (72) and ANZ (49) based on 2017 data. AMP Limited, Citigroup, UBS, KPMG and PwC rounded the top 10 employers that highly regard CFA qualified candidates. In terms of job function, portfolio managers (20%) ...

SMSF industry hails ATO appointment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... working closely with major industry and retail super funds as well as boutique managed funds. She has also previously worked for PwC in London. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said the ATO's appointment of Fleming is to be lauded. "Her ...