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Robo advice solution set to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Nucleus Wealth and Arrow Financial Advice have partnered to launch a white label digital advice platform, set to feature actively managed portfolios and over 30 ESG filters. This will make it the most comprehensive robo advice service in the Australian ...

Boutique welcomes operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
A former executive of Lazard Asset Management has moved to a $10 billion Sydney-based boutique to lead its operations. Melanie McQuire is the new chief operating officer at Maple-Brown Abbott, responsible for the firm's operating and technology ...

Westpac hires consumer chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Westpac Group has appointed a former fintech chief executive to lead its consumer banking division. Chris de Bruin has over 24 years' experience in financial services and joins from Dubai-based fintech Deem where he has been chief executive for over ...

Praemium to acquire remaining Powerwrap shares

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
Praemium is set to add to its 92.31% stake in Powerwrap, as it moves to acquire its outstanding shares on issue. Compulsory acquisition notices will be dispatched to Powerwrap shareholders tomorrow, Praemium says, unless they accept the offer by 7.00pm ...

Cbus chief technology officer departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
Cbus' chief technology officer has left the fund, taking up a role with the AFL. Rob Pickering had been chief technology officer and digital officer at Cbus for almost three years. "Rob Pickering will be leaving Cbus in mid-October. We thank him ...

Macquarie director departs

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
A Macquarie director has announced he will retire after more than a decade of service at the group, as he sets his eyes on other board positions that draw on his substantial experience in the industry. Michael Hawker will step down from the boards of ...

Amnesty unearths $588m unpaid super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
Over half a billion dollars of unpaid superannuation has been reunited with workers, as employers take advantage of the amnesty period to "wipe the slate clean". About 24,000 employers have admitted to underpaying staff approximately $588 million in ...

Global pension fund doubles down on APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
A major Canadian pension fund is increasing its presence in Asia Pacific, establishing a new office focused on opportunities in Australia and New Zealand. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP) opened a new office in Singapore today, marking the ...

End of Super Complaints Tribunal nears

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
The Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) will cease to exist at the end of this year, with the Australian Financial Complaints Tribunal (AFCA) seeking to handle any remaining complaints currently with the SCT. AFCA has opened consultation on changing ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
A CSIRO contractor has been sentenced over fraudulent behaviour after he used the organisation's servers and supercomputers to carry out cryptocurrency mining. He was caught out after the CSIRO noticed serious impairment of its computing infrastructure ...