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netwealth Advice names head of operations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
netwealth Advice Group has appointed a new head of operations in the shape of former licensee relationship manager at Premium Wealth Management, Roz Kaye. Kaye will oversee the operations of netwealth Advice Group and its three business lines, Pathway ...

We're watching you, APRA warns trustees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... fund boards to play an active role in decision making. "We won't accept inertia or complacency on any aspect of your operations," she added. Some trustees expressed concerns that the emphasis APRA is putting on technical financial know-how may be misguided ...

FICAP confirms Weave as new charity partner

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... surrounding areas. "It costs $237,000 per year to lock up one individual in juvenile detention in New South Wales," Weave's operations manager Siobhan Bryson said. "In contrast, it costs $250,000 to run high quality early intervention programs, such ...

AusSuper's in-house plan to save $150m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
AustralianSuper has completed the first phase of its five-year plan to bring 30% of its investment management operations in house, including the addition of 23 new staff members. The industry fund said the first phase saw the "implementation of the ...

Reinsurance specialist boosts Australian team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Global risk and reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter has expanded its Australian operations team with six new hires and new risk advice solutions. The new appointments will be based in Sydney and will allow the firm to expand its offering from a traditional ...

IFM to open Tokyo office

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... following the formation of a new private equity team, and the expansion of their North American infrastructure debt operations. IFM chief executive Brett Himbury said: "Our investors are increasingly seeking investment opportunities in Asia, and Tokyo ...

ASIC reports drop in financial services insolvencies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... just 3% of companies that went into external administration, of which 1.1% (or 90 companies) were managed investments operations while 1.5% (142) were "other financial services". Fourteen credit providers, 11 insurance providers, six superannuation funds ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... unemployment 2. Dollar down, prices and rates up 3. Down go your investments 4. Social Security payments halt 5. Banking operations freeze up 6. Money market funds break 7. Global markets walloped Then again, you, I and Irene know what the financial ...

US shutdown slowing pension payments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
... VA staff and 2,800 Office of Information and Technology staff have now been furloughed. "While support for existing operations continues, all improvements to our systems have ceased. This threatens to delay updates to the Veterans Benefits Management ...

Catastrophe bonds offer answer to asset correlation problem

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... alternatives exposure," Nickles said. "Our technology can also be duplicated if clients want to manage their own ILS operations."