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Diversity a material economic indicator: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... as "the new oil" not just because of its value as a resource, but due to the need to refine data to extract value. "The secret to extracting and refining that value is to find structure within the data set, and visualisation is a key tool for this," ...

Pendal builds global executive lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
Pendal Group has appointed a new global chief risk officer, replacing the interim C-level executive who has filled the role since November last year. Bindesh Savjani is joining Pendal Group's global executive committee after a two-decade-long career ...

Royal Commission on social media: Regulators under scrutiny

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
As the Royal Commission superannuation hearings turned onto the final straight this week, commentators took to Twitter to have their say. Hardly a surprise given the #BankingRC > "...The banking, finance and insurance sector now has the lowest Ethics ...

Former Magellan executive appointed to Contango board

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
Contango Asset Management has snapped up a former Magellan C-suite executive as an independent director. Nerida Campbell is joining Contango Asset Management's board as an independent non-executive director. She held key executive roles at the Hamish ...

Conflict of interest too great for NULIS: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... during the first week of superannuation hearings. Returning to the witness stand after NAB's bid to keep some documents secret was rejected by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, Smith was bombarded with questions arising from documents sent between the corporate ...

AMP profits nosedive, new board director announced

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
AMP profit stumbled 74% in the first half of the year as the wealth manager took a $290 million hit from advice remediation following the financial services Royal Commission. It brought in a net profit of $115 million as compared to $445 million in ...

TPB names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
The Tax Practitioners Board is welcoming a new chief executive, joining from the Australian Taxation Office. Michael O'Neill has been appointed to lead the TPB, bringing more than 30 years' experience in public service. O'Neill was most recently assistant ...

Investment platform CFO steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
The chief financial officer of an ASX-listed investment platform has stepped down, with the role to now be outsourced. Share trading platform SelfWealth (SWF) announced it has engaged the services of The CFO Solution, a provider of outsourced administration ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
The neutral interest rate is the Goldilocks level of the fed funds rate - not too cold that it would continue stimulating growth (and lift inflation) and not too hot that it would cause economic activity to slow. Ho-hum. US Federal Reserve Chairman ...

New lead for Productivity Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
The Federal Government appointed a new chair of the Productivity Commission. Michael Brennan will commence as chair from September 11, replacing Peter Harris in the role. He has been appointed for a five-year period. Brennan is the deputy secretary ...