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Rainmaker Group announces acquisition of Industry Moves

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
The Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard and Money magazine, has added to its growing media portfolio with its acquisition of Industry Moves ( industrymoves.com ), Australia's leading publication on executive recruitment, leadership ...

Industry fund head jumps to Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
A $52.8 billion industry fund's general manager of member engagement has moved to the corporate superannuation team at Mercer. Joanne Caruana was at HESTA for almost three years where she was responsible for leading a team of superannuation advisers ...

TPD riddled with issues: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... the same premium - for what is essentially junk insurance - as people who can access less restrictive definitions under general TPD cover." ASIC has called on insurers to invest in data resources and improve the quality of their data, by collecting data ...

IMF predicts bleak Australian outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
The International Monetary Fund has predicted Australia's economy will weaken a full percentage point in 2019 down to 1.7% growth from 2.7% last year. In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the IMF warned of a "synchronised global slowdown" to ...

AFCA gets 1450 complaints a week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... regularly reviews its resourcing to ensure we are able to handle any changes in complaint numbers," the spokesperson said. "In general, AFCA receives on average 1450 new complaints per week and each case is quite unique. The time it takes for cases to ...

Grandfathered commissions ban passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... to mount a constitutional challenge to legislation to ban grandfathered commissions. Association of Financial Advisers general manager, policy and professionalism Phil Anderson has been vocal about the complexity of grandfathered commissions. He released ...

UniSuper appoints chief operating officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
The $80 billion superannuation fund has appointed a former NAB general manager as its first chief operating officer. Kevin Roadnight will join the UniSuper executive team in the newly created role to lead its finance and legal and governance functions. ...

Fund Manager of the Year revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
The Fund Manager of the Year has been named at the eighth annual Zenith Fund Awards, with the winner also taking out top honours for infrastructure and international equities excellence. Magellan Asset Management took home the Fund Manager of the Year ...

ACCC to probe rate cut decisions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been directed by the government to immediately establish an inquiry into the behaviour of Australia's banks when it comes to passing on interest rate cuts. Announcing the inquiry on this ...

Challenger hires head of insto partnerships

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... The job went to Nick Hamilton, who has led Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners since 2016 as its general manager. Challenger is yet to announce a replacement general manager for Fidante. Meanwhile, Hamilton will continue to oversee ...