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CountPlus names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... Commonwealth Bank and, prior to that, oversaw Commonwealth Financial Planning and BankWest Financial Advice. He also spent close to six years with AMP, first as chief executive of Hillross Financial Services and then as director of strategy and transformation ...

ASX board diversity stagnating: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Nineteen per cent of female ASX 300 directors are dominating close to half of all female-occupied seats, according to diversity insights showing little has changed in the last 12 months. The 2022 Board Diversity Index, launched by the Governance Institute ...

Allianz subsidiary, former portfolio managers charged over massive fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
Allianz Global Investors and three of its former portfolio managers have been charged by the US regulator over a multi-billion-dollar securities fraud sold to pension funds that went on for more than four years. The Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Bolster your retention efforts: Robert Half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
With close to 90% of employers afraid they'll lose their best team members to new opportunities, 80% of them are planning to increase salaries by an average of 11.4% this year. Latest insights from Robert Half looking at the financial services sector ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
The Morrison government's re-election Hail Mary policy to allow early superannuation withdrawals to be used for house deposits has been widely condemned. A joint media release between Scott Morrison, Michael Sukkar and Jane Hume boldly proclaimed that ...

Charges laid in lengthy ASIC investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
A former financial adviser who was permanently banned in 2016 for using close to $2 million in client funds for his own use has now been charged with 17 offences related to the alleged fraudulent transfer of shares to himself. Ashley Howard of Hobart ...

Top Aussie equities funds revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
Analysis from Rainmaker Information shows Bennelong, PM Capital, Plato Investment Management and Vanguard had the best performing Australian equities products in the three years to March end. The latest performance tables for managed funds shows Bennelong's ...

Northern Trust adds to local leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
... operations practice executive Justin Winder. Poulter has been with Northern Trust since May 2018, having previously spent close to 15 years with NAB in a range of asset servicing roles, including as general manager of the division, head of corporate ...

GuildSuper overhauls MyMix option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... has done just that - closing five of its investment options and updating fees. From June 14, GuildSuper will permanently close the high growth, conservative, Australian shares, international shares, and property securities investment options currently ...

PIMCO selects new head of local business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
PIMCO has announced Samuel Watkins as executive vice president and head of business for Australia and New Zealand. Watkins will have local oversight of business management functions and report to the head of Asia-Pacific Alec Kersman. In this role ...