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Westpac appoints acting advice GM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
Westpac has appointed an acting general manager of advice to lead the transition of its financial planning business to Viridian Advisory. National head of BT Group Licensees Ashley Stewart will take on the role of acting general manager of advice from ...

Chief economist update: The bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its World Economic Outlook April report where it slashed its global growth projections to 3.3% this year, down from 3.5% forecast in January and from 3.7% predicted in its October 2018 outlook ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
The last time we heard some sort of policy guidance from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) was in early February this year when governor Haruhiko Kuroda was quoted as saying that: "If (currency moves) are having an impact on the economy and prices, and if we ...

Banks push to leave vertical integration on the table

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
Despite moving in the opposite direction for some time, Australia's banks want to leave the door ajar for a return to the much maligned vertical integration model. As the Senate Standing Committees on Economics probe a Pauline Hanson bill looking to ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
Just when we're just a handshake away from a Sino-US trade deal, another war on trade this way comes. US President Donald Trump must be wringing his hands at how he succeeded in making China kowtow - er, compromise - to his demands. Trump's ...

Tribeca portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
Tribeca Investment Management's Jun Bei Liu is now the sole portfolio manager for the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund after her co-portfolio manager stepped down. Sean Fenton has left the firm after 14 years, the boutique said in a statement Responsibility ...

FASEA welcomes new directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
The government body overseeing the rising education standards in financial advice is welcoming new directors to its board. Australian Financial Complaints Authority board member Elissa Freeman and former Financial Planning Association of Australia director ...

MGP looks inward for new leaders

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
Managed Accounts Holdings has turned to internal candidates to fill a raft of positions in its executive and distribution teams. Current head of risk management, legal and compliance Craig Giffin has been promoted to chief risk officer. Giffin first ...

Consumers don't understand fee disclosure: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
Proposed changes to superannuation fee disclosures are still too confusing for consumers, warns Industry Super Australia. Industry Super Australia (ISA) has provided input on the proposed changes to Regulatory Guide 97, saying the proposals don't go ...

Kelaher to leave IOOF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... company every success in the future." IOOF confirmed all of Kelaher's unvested LTI performance rights will lapse and his STI deferred shares will remain subject to 'look-back'. Griffith said of the board's approach to leadership: "Succession ...