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ING appoints head of wealth from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... regulatory capital requirements." The regulator began consultation with ADIs on revisions to its capital framework in February. These revisions included lowering risk weights for LVR mortgage loans; increasing risk weights for interest-only loans and ...

IOOF replaces group head of research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... research and portfolio construction Matthew Drennan who tendered his resignation in December 2017. He joined IOOF in February 2015 and prior to that was chief investment officer of SFG Australia. Olsen will be responsible for sourcing and delivering ...

Industry fund introduces chief customer role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... leadership, we remain committed to providing a broad suite of high quality advice services to our members," he said. In February, UniSuper said demand for its scaled advice offering had grown 20% year on year, proving particularly popular among younger ...

Convicted SMSF auditor disqualified

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... statement said. The Port Melbourne-based auditor's disqualification order was passed on 30 January and came into effect on 6 February. ASIC Commissioner John Price said: "SMSF auditors play a fundamental role in promoting confidence in the SMSF sector. ...

Aurora calls out 8IP directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... connection to that sale. 8EC currently has about 2.5% of its net tangible assets in BIG, which entered a trading halt in mid-February and remains suspended on the ASX. The other directors Aurora is looking to replace are Jonathan Sweeney and Tony McDonald. ...

Former Bennelong chair joins Copia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... strengthens Copia's governance, balance and independence, the company said. This is Copia's second appointment this year. In February, the $1.2 billion investment management group tapped in chief financial officer Michael Voskresensky from his position ...

JBWere senior analyst joins Perennial

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... from new entrants and disruptors." On the institutional side, Perennial appointed a new head of institutional sales in February. Dan Birch will lead the fund manager's institutional sales division, responsible for marketing and selling Perennial's equity ...

Chief economist update: She'll be right, mate!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... The latest business and consumer sentiment surveys illustrate the truism of this Australian idiom. Conducted from 16 February to 23 February 2018 - when the financial markets were in upheaval - the NAB business survey showed that business confidence ...

Advisers underprepared for cyber risk high-stakes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... 2017 survey found 32% of respondents were aware of mandatory data breach notification laws which came into effect in February 2018. Kamino managing director Julian Plummer said the results were highly concerning. The survey also found 45% within the ...

Chief economist update: The uncertainty that is Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... index remains 3.4% in the green so far this year and 10-year bond yields have fallen from the 2.94% high recorded in late February to 2.84% overnight. So too has the VIX index - down to a reading of 16.35 after surging to 37.32 last month. No other data ...