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Advisers switch platforms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
New research has revealed Australia's financial advisers switched between various investment platforms in their search for better service and support in the wake of the Royal Commission and COVID-19 pandemic. Investment Trends' 2020 Planner Technology ...

Pinnacle appoints chief financial officer

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Pinnacle Investment Management has appointed a chief financial officer to support its ongoing growth. Dan Longan has nabbed the role, following about five years at the company. During this time, Logan was extensively involved in managing the finance ...

Vale Ian Perkins

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Australian financial services veteran Ian Perkins is being remembered for his warmth, passion and joy for life, after passing away suddenly on June 29. Perkins spent the last six years working with BNP Paribas Securities Services, where he was responsible ...

Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
Leaders from the nation's industry super funds have called for greater certainty around superannuation policy, noting various challenges face the industry in the period of economic recovery ahead. In particular, industry fund chief executives pushed ...

Foreign exchange broker banned

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
ASIC has banned a former foreign exchange broker from the industry for three years, after it was found he was not fit to provide financial services and had not complied with related laws. Steven Marsh, a former employee of Forex Capital Trading, engaged ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
Industry super funds will invest $19.5 billion over the coming three years in construction and infrastructure projects; in a move that Industry Super Australia (ISA) chair Greg Combet says will help rebuild the Australian economy. The multi-billion ...

McMillan Shakespeare restructures operations

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
The economic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen McMillan Shakespeare restructure its UK business and announce it will fork out $8 million to acquire the remaining stake in an Australian organisation. McMillan Shakespeare is a single source ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
New research reveals investors are increasingly using dedicated China equity strategies for alpha generation, with the market turmoil of 2020 showcasing the country's diversification characteristics. In the first quarter, the MSCI Emerging Markets ...

Former BMO head joins big four executive line-up

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
A former business banking head at the Bank of Montreal will relocate to Australia, after he nabbed a role as the group executive of business and private banking at one of the country's big four banks. Andrew Irvine has been appointed in the role at ...

CBA donates $2m to community charities

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Commonwealth Bank will donate more than $2 million to community organisations across the country, with the bank's employees nominating local community charities desperate for a financial boost. It's a first in the program's 100-year history, with CBA ...