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BNP Paribas wins China custody agreement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
BNP Paribas will now be able to support institutional investors from Australia and elsewhere investing in China's equities and bonds markets, under a new custody agreement. BNP Paribas today announced it has been granted a licence to provide custody ...

SuperConcepts appoints chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
AMP's SuperConcepts has made its interim chief executive permanent following the resignation of Lara Bourguignon. Grant Christensen was first appointed as interim chief executive in December after Bourguignon's departure and while SuperConcepts recruited ...

FASEA maintains low pass rate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) exam held in May recorded another low pass rate, continuing the trend of previous exams. Of the 1894 advisers that sat the exam, 69% passed. This is in line with the March results which also ...

Advisers who failed FASEA exam granted extension

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
Senator Jane Hume is allowing candidates who have failed the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) exam twice to re-sit it in 2022. Hume took to LinkedIn to make the announcement in light of the July exam registrations closing tomorrow. ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... commitments for new dwellings in the month of April (following a 14.8% decline in the previous month) because "the HomeBuilder grant was reduced from $25,000 to $15,000 effective from 1 January 2021 and was closed to new applications from 14 April 2021". ...

KPMG names risk consulting partners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... Financial Group where she was a director. She was previously senior manager risk culture at QBE Insurance and director at Grant Thornton in risk management. She was also a supervisor at APRA where she provided frontline supervision of two major Australian ...

Frontier hires people and culture lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
A human resources expert with previous experience at AXA, EY and Grant Thornton is Frontier's new head of people and culture. The asset consultant has bid farewell to Margie Hill, who was responsible for people and culture for three years. In doing ...

Last day to vote in MAX Awards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
Voting for the 16 th annual Financial Standard MAX Awards will close at midnight tonight. So far the nominees have received 17,303 votes in total. The MAX Awards celebrate outstanding marketing, advertising and sales professionals in the financial services ...

Future Fund to hire 70 for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
The sovereign wealth fund is looking to add 70 people to its investment team, with the specific skill sets of identifying good external managers. Appearing at senate hearings yesterday Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt and chief investment officer ...

Victoria Devine launches investing platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
Financial adviser and personal finance influencer Victoria Devine is launching a She's on the Money branded investment platform, powered by robo-adviser Six Park. With a minimum investment of $5000, fans of She's on the Money (which has a social media ...