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IOOF establishes super trustee office

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... Bank Australia director Michelle Somerville as an independent non-executive director from October 1. An audit partner at KPMG Australia for nearly 14 years, Somerville also sits on the board of real estate investment trust GPT Group. IOOF chair Allan ...

Fintech off to slow start in 2019: KPMG

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... investment in fintech dropped in 1H19, a result due primarily to the lack of mega deals like those seen in 2018, according to KPMG's Pulse of Fintech report. Fintech investments have dropped from $62.8 billion in 1H18 to only $37.9 billion in 1H19 globally ...

IOOF rejigs CRO role, appoints successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... across financial services and wealth management includes holding executive roles at Equity Trustees, Westpac, ANZ, NAB and KPMG. She was most recently chief risk officer at Trustee Partners for about a year, and was managing director of The Data Institute ...

CFS hires executive manager of insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... numerous Financial Services Council committees. Elkins will replace Paul Howes, who moved on as national managing partner of KPMG Enterprise. She commented that now is the most important time for the superannuation and broader financial services industry ...

ISA lays out $416bn super saving plan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... Laying bare its plan to save $416 billion in retirement savings, Industry Super Australia today released research conducted by KPMG advocating for workers' superannuation savings to be combined into a single "quality checked fund" upon changing jobs. ...

Linda Elkins to depart Colonial First State

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
Colonial First State executive general manager Linda Elkins has resigned to replace Paul Howes at KPMG. Elkins has been appointed KPMG's national sector leader - asset and wealth management. She will join the firm effective August 5, taking over ...

GROW Super unveils admin platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... Some of GROW's members in its recently acquired master fund are currently using the platform. GROW recently hired former KPMG partner and superannuation Adam Gee as head of strategy to help implement TINA. Gee was a long-serving executive at KPMG Australia ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) shows responsible investment funds outperform most mainstream funds. Using KPMG data, the report shows responsible funds on average deliver higher returns across one, five and 10 year time spans. ...

KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
KPMG has appointed a life insurance lead partner who previously held executive roles at AMP and Challenger. Pauline Blight-Johnston joins the consulting firm's actuarial and financial risk practice on October 8. She was most recently general manager ...

Financial scams smash Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
Latest research from KPMG shows financial scams are hitting Australia harder than both the US and UK. The consulting giant's inaugural Global Banking Fraud survey found Australia suffered a disproportionately high volume of financial scam attempts in ...