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Complexity equals risk: IOOF chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
Facing a grilling at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics today, IOOF chief executive Renato Mota said the firm's former complex organisational structure was responsible for additional risk. Asked by Labor MP Daniel Mulino ...

Governance experts join boutique

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Two well-known governance experts have joined MGD, a growing boutique financial services firm. Michael Drew has been appointed as chief investment officer and director and Adam Walk will join the firm as director, investment advisory. In their new roles ...

IOOF struck by outflows, former chair resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
IOOF has reported $133 million in quarterly net outflows from its financial advice and investment management businesses for the 3 months to 30 September. The Financial Advice division had $33 million of net inflows compared to $119 million of net inflows ...

BlackRock Australia rejigs multi-asset range

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
Two popular multi-asset funds from BlackRock Australia are getting an ESG makeover, effective end of this month. BlackRock kicked off its "Scientific Diversified" range over 20 years ago, and currently offers them in stable and growth versions. They ...

Chief economist update: Negative bang for RBA, government's buck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
"Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act." - Howard Zinn Taken after the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) third interest rate reduction this year which brought the official cash rate ...

Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Macquarie Group is planning to develop a 20 gigawatt (GW) suite of renewable energy products through its Green Investment Group over the next five years. Revealed by chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake before fellow global business leaders at the ...

Finance cheats more likely to cheat: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
A University of Texas study has found finance professionals who engage in misconduct at work are more likely to be unfaithful in marriage. The study looked at financial advisers, chief financial officers and chief executives amongst others using the ...

IOOF establishes super trustee office

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
IOOF believes it has actioned all 145 items required to meet licence conditions imposed by APRA late last year, including those which it failed to meet the original deadline for. In an update to the market late yesterday, IOOF said the independent reviewer ...

Why do we need royal commissions, Hayne asks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
In his first public speech since the Royal Commission's final report in February, Kenneth Hayne mulled why Australians are calling for more royal commissions and what it says about our democracy. "The increasingly frequent calls for Royal Commissions ...

BT advice boss lands new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
The former general manager of BT Financial Advice, who was grilled at Royal Commission hearings last year, will lead an ASX-listed managed accounts provider for a $500,000 base salary. Michael Wright will join Xplore Wealth (formerly Managed Accounts ...