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Westpac GM becomes PNG wealth group CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
Westpac's former general manager for South East Asia Pacific is now the chief executive of an ASX-listed Papa New Guinean bank and wealth management firm. Greg Pawson's appointment as Kina Securities' chief executive was announced as part of Kina's ...

Colonial First State platforms make deferred annuities more accessible

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Advisers will soon have access to Challenger's deferred lifetime annuities through Colonial First State platforms. Speaking at an adviser event in Sydney yesterday, CFS head of retail platforms Sam Wall announced that from 1 July 2017, Challenger products ...

Industry fund wins stake in Endeavour Energy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... million members to an additional infrastructure asset after securing a stake in NSW electricity distribution company Endeavour Energy. REST Industry Super, alongside a consortium of companies including Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, and Canada's ...

APRA and ASIC launch insurance claims pilot

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
APRA and ASIC jointly launched the pilot phase of an initiative to raise standards of public claims reporting in the life insurance industry. The goal of the initiative, initially mooted in ASIC's REP 498 report in October 2016, is for the two regulators ...

Chief executive departs LGS

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
The longstanding chief executive of $10 billion dollar superannuation fund Local Government Super has resigned after a decade in the role. Peter Lambert was appointed chief executive in December 2007. He has more than 30 years' expertise in super with ...

FSC board appoints AMP exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
A senior AMP executive is joining the board of the Financial Services Council. AMP group executive, advice and New Zealand Jack Regan will also become co-chair of the FSC's advice board committee. Before his current role at AMP, he was managing director ...

Females and Gen Y expecting less

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Australian women's expectation of a well-paid job earns $14,000 less a year than that of a man's. Research commissioned by NAB shows Australian men consider a salary of $127,271 as being well-paid, yet their female counterparts are happy to settle for ...

Class non-exec director steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
A non-executive director is resigning from the board of Class. Roderick Kibble, a founding shareholder, is resigning from the company's board of directors following more than a decade's service. Class chairman Barry Lambert thanked Kibble for his "valued ...

IPA appoints new president

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
The Institute of Public Accountants has elected a new president. The IPA's board chose Damien Moore, currently a director, and a senior tax manager at Schulz Hobbs. He is also a director of the Institute of Financial Accountants, and has previously ...

Investors expect gender diversity: CFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... Anthony Serhan said. "CFA is also under-represented in terms of female members so we absolutely include ourselves in this endeavour." The survey revealed that a growing number of investment management professionals and investors, both individual and ...