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AFA executive joins standards board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... Financial Practitioner designation formally recognised. The APFinSA will also recognise the EFPA's professional designation. "The MOU will effectively extend the global footprint of the FChFP designation and demonstrates that, with its focus on balancing ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
Australian banks have narrowly dodged the possibility of facing a Royal Commission-style inquiry after a Green's Bill to establish a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry fell short by a single vote in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Bill ...

ESG data creates barrier for Aussie instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
About three-quarters of Australian institutional investors are incorporating environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions. This is a key finding in the latest global study from BNP Paribas Securities Services. In a survey of ...

New CFO for Vanguard Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
Vanguard Australia will welcome its new chief financial officer in the coming months. Johanna Platt has been named to replace Daniel Shrimski, who relocated to the US earlier this year for the role of chief financial officer at Vanguard's US Retail ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Australia's inflation numbers are out! And it's got something for everyone - hawks, doves and in-betweeners - in terms of RBA monetary policy direction. This is because the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index's latest report ...

Sentry Group awards industry excellence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
A West Australian advice firm was named Practice of the Year in Sentry Group's 2016 Excellence Awards. Mount Hawthorn-based PMM Financial Advisors received the award at an event in Perth, with Sentry Group chief executive Murray Hills saying the non-aligned ...

Lonsec upgrades Flinders fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Ratings house Lonsec has upgraded the Flinders Emerging Companies Fund from 'Investment Grade' to 'Recommended'. In its research report, Lonsec noted an increased conviction in Flinders Investment Partners investment team and process. They consider ...

MLC shakes up retail leadership team

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
MLC Life Insurance boosted its retail advised business with multiple key appointments. The new retail advised insurance leadership team comprises Russell Hannah as general manager, retail advised insurance sales; Adrienne Cochrane, who joined from AMP ...

MLC reveals new executive team

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
MLC Life Insurance appointed six people to its bancassurance, digital and direct leadership team as part of its strategic partnership with Nippon Life. The new team comprises Tim Roso as head of digital; Glen Ryman as general manager data, analytics ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Australia business confidence "While outcomes in the survey are not pointing to a severe slowdown in economic activity, the results have softened enough to suggest that growth remains sub-trend." (Alan Oster) This is a fair assessment from NAB's group ...