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Ares bids for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... should have been doing - looking at breaking up AMP and collecting the bits," he said. "In my view, AMP has no role in the modern world where high-fee, low-performance products have been thoroughly disrupted." Sodhi said the selling of AMP should be ...

Boutique builds out executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... Crestone Wealth Management and PwC to establish an advisory, innovation and investment business "purposefully built for the modern change-age". James Wright and Neville Azzopardi are two founding partners. Wright was most recently JBWere's chief ...

Nambawan Super board member resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
A member of Papua New Guinea's Nambawan Super board as stepped down to avoid potential conflicts of interest after accepting a new role at a bank. Lesieli Taviri joined the super fund as a trustee director in 2014. She is the former chief executive ...

Geoff Lloyd to leave MLC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
Geoff Lloyd will leave MLC at October end after two years at its helm, after its recent agreement to sell the business to IOOF. MLC's chief corporate services officer Andrew Morgan will oversee MLC's day-to-day operations while the sale to IOOF ...

Fintechs receive JobMaker funding boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
Fintechs and regtechs are among the beneficiaries of the Federal Government's $800 million package aiming to help businesses boost their digital capabilities as part of the JobMaker scheme. The JobMaker Digital Business Plan will give fintechs a $9.6 ...

RBA, ASIC provide CHESS guidance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... becoming harder to maintain and is less flexible than contemporary software," she said. "Replacing the system with more modern technology is critical to ASX's ongoing management of systemic risk." CHESS is expected to be replaced as soon as this can ...

Remembering Susan Ryan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... Trustees president, who passed away suddenly over the weekend. Ryan is being remembered as one of the great minds behind the modern superannuation system, as well as a great politician and feminist. Ryan was a champion of women, known for her commitment ...

Corporates have a critical role in social, environmental outcomes

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... corporates: gender equality, reduced inequalities and climate action. "Gender equality and broader inequalities such as modern slavery, inadequate workplace safety and lack of indigenous reconciliation are key societal issues which we believe corporate ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... she doesn't fit their definition of having MS. A definition that was obviously written years ago and not in line with modern medicine," she said "MS patients deteriorate in different ways at different rates. Mary is a very unwell lady, you would ...

It's not a bird or a plane; it's a new trading platform

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... says has been two years in the making, will bring the online investment experience out of the 90s and into today's modern world. Headed up by Winters and Booktopia deputy chief executive and chief technology officer Wayne Baskin, the platform's ...