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AFA names 2018 Rising Star

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... Rebecca is a true Rising Star," Kewin said. ANZ Wealth head of sales Don Sillar recognised Pritchard's background at KPMG was central to her success. "Rebecca's professional experience at KPMG and her strong technical capability has shaped her ...

Fintech hub snaps up Afterpay co-founder

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... Singapore managing general partner Ron Arnold; and Daisee co-founder Richard Kimber. Ian Pollari remains on the board. He is a KPMG Australia partner, national head of banking. He is also KPMG's co-lead for global fintech. "All potential candidates ...

New accounting standards put pressure on life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Australian life insurers are unprepared for two new major accounting standards that will shake up the way profit is reported, a KPMG survey shows. The global survey of 160 life and health insurers, and reinsurers included Australian companies. It gauged ...

AMP Capital hires award-winning stock picker

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... Infrastructure team. We are excited to welcome him to our team," Corona said. Debs started his career at PwC in accounting, worked at KPMG and moved into quantitative research in 2008 when he joined Credit Suisse.

OneVue posts solid earnings, fund services stands out

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... OneVue grab its spot as the fourth largest superannuation member administrator in Australia, led by its acquisition of the KPMG super member admin business. "This has been an exceptional acquisition that has continued to perform well and is creating ...

Life insurance sector strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... ($185m), group disability income insurance ($86m) and individual disability income insurance (-$74m). A separate report from KPMG shows the industry continues to grow steadily, with gross policy revenue increasing by 6.6% to $24.7 billion in the year ...

Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... insurance industry, with the recent sale of CommInsure and OnePath set to boost foreign ownership from less than half to 66%, KPMG research shows. According to the Life Insurance Insights report, foreign-controlled companies currently own about half ...

Failed industry fund merger laid bare at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... though the merger would have delivered significant financial benefit to Energy Super's members, the Royal Commission heard. A KPMG report commissioned by Energy Super's management showed that merging with Equipsuper, the smaller fund could save $20 million ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... committed to responsible and ethical investments - a market that is close to approaching $1 trillion. Joint research from KPMG and Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) shows $866 billion or 55% of all professionally managed assets use ...

AustralianSuper tax specialist heads to fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... joining GBST as a client relationship manager and a tax SME on its tax solutions team. She previously worked in tax advisory at KPMG and with NAB in product development, analysis and distribution. Most recently, she served as senior tax analyst specialising ...