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Advice firm hires chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
A Melbourne-based advice, wealth management and accounting firm has appointed a new chair as its incumbent retires. Tim Carroll will start as Prime Financial Group's non-executive, independent chair on March 1, after serving on the board for three years. ...

IFM Investors adds policy director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
The former director of policy at Industry Super Australia is joining IFM Investors. Zachary May takes on the newly-created role of executive director of strategy and policy. Prior to joining ISA, May worked at the US Securities and Exchanges Commission ...

Colonial First State hires retail sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
Colonial First State has hired a new head of retail sales from BT Financial Group. Bryce Quirk was most recently BT Financial Group's head of adviser distribution platform where he led a national sales team of more than 45 people and the distribution ...

ANZ reshuffles leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
ANZ is shedding its single governance and accountability structure, appointing two group executives to share responsibility for the Australian business' financial performance. The bank is introducing a new management structure to better navigate the ...

Industry fund welcomes new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
A $6 billion industry superannuation fund recently appointed a new chair. Joseph Di Leo is the new chair of LUCRF Super. Former chair Tim Kennedy has stepped into the role of deputy chair. Di Leo joined the fund's board of directors in March 2018 as ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Two tweets from the US President (only because it couldn't fit in one) were all it took to send China's stocks soaring and turn its market technically from a bear to a bull. China's Shanghai Composite Index spiked 5.6% yesterday after US ...

Australia ahead in gender diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
Australia's commitment to making gender diversity on boards a serious business imperative and without government intervention has made it a standout from other countries. And financial services led the way. Women accounted for 32.4% of superannuation ...

MLC MySuper switches to lifestage

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
MLC is switching its default superannuation product from single strategy to lifestage. It's also increasing its allocation to growth assets. MLC MySuper currently has a 70% allocation to growth assets like stocks, property and infrastructure and ...

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 ...

Clearview overhauls life insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Clearview is introducing a number of pricing changes to its LifeSolutions offering. New LifeSolutions customers will be subject to new pricing structures from 1 March 2019. Stepped and hybrid premiums life and TPD premium rates will be lowered, while ...