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Powerwrap managing director departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... interim managing director of Powerwrap will leave the company at close of business today. Chris Brant, who is also leaving his board director role, has decided to step down following the appointment of a new, permanent chief executive. Brant assumed ...

SuperFriend welcomes new director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... that works with profit-to-member superannuation funds has appointed its first independent, non-executive director to the board. Megan Bonny joins SuperFriend with more than 20 years' experience in managing communications and stakeholder relations at ...

Longstanding chair to farewell fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... governance, with great confidence I now hand the baton to Ron Dewhurst." Dewhurst joined OneVue in October 2016 as part of a board refresh that also saw two other new directors welcomed. "Ron and the other board members will help lead the company through ...

Financial Executive Women grows advisory board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Financial Executive Women has welcomed an IRESS executive to its advisory board. The managing director of IRESS' wealth management division, Tizzy Vigilante, has joined the industry body to assist in the positive progression of women in financial services. ...

Advice the face of wealth management evolution

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... regulatory environment," he said. "Advice has become so regulated that it has preserved the rich." The former AustralianSuper board member said it has also been difficult for large superannuation funds to build advice divisions that have the scale to ...

APRA picks NAB veteran for senior hire

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... intervene in the superannuation industry. More than half (58%) of respondents said APRA should have increased powers to improve board governance and risk management practices; 39% strongly agreed with this proposal. Those that disagreed (39%) said APRA ...

Media Super appoints investments GM

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... excited to continue contributing to this momentum going forward, and bring new perspectives and insights to our executive and board thinking as we operate in an increasingly complex superannuation investments environment," Zhang said. Media Super chief ...

Tanner appointed to Suncorp board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Former Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation Lindsay Tanner has joined the board of Suncorp Group as a non-executive director. He fills one of the vacancies created by the retirement of Bill Bartlett and Ewoud Kulk after the Suncorp AGM in September. ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... they're being told is diminished despite them telling you they do," he says. Johns, who is a former member of the FPA's board policy and regulations committee, says getting involved to such a personal extent without the necessary understanding is not ...

Perennial LIC extends investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... company specialising in managing downside risk in Australian equities has amended its investment guidelines. Following the board's approval, Wealth Defender Equities (WDE) can now up its allocation to small cap stocks, defined as being below the ASX ...