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Equipsuper appoints head of risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Equipsuper made an internal promotion to appoint a head of risk and combine the fund's legal and compliance functions. Tahlia Parrish will take on the role Paul Synhur vacated to become head of member advisory in February. Parrish joined the $14 billion ...

Chief economist update: Trump spoils for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
"You're going to have protection for the first time in a long time." For better or worse, US President Donald Trump continues to deliver on his campaign promises. Wall Street took Trump's latest promise fulfilment as an excuse to take profits. The Dow ...

Former FPA chief steps down from board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
The former chief executive of the Financial Planning Association of Australia has farewelled the industry body, stepping down from the board to make way for a new director. Completing his term as a board director yesterday, Mark Rantall was FPA chief ...

NAB redundancies in full swing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
The Finance Sector Union of Australia believes NAB is not doing enough to retrain or reskill the 6000 employees that will be made redundant over the next three years. Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) national secretary Julia Angrisano said many ...

BlackRock veteran joins Grant Samuel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
The former head of fixed income at BlackRock Australia is taking on a newly created role at Grant Samuel Funds Management. Stephen Miller joined GSFM this month as investment consultant, charged with accelerating its positioning of international boutique ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Down, down, the US dollar is down (again). Bloomberg's USD index shows that the US dollar dropped 1.0% overnight - taking its 2018-to-date decline to minus 3.2% -- on the back of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comments At the World Economic ...

Australia increases foreign direct investment inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Australia was one of few countries to see foreign direct investment inflows increase in 2017, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The UNCTAD Global Investment Trends Monitor shows international flows of foreign direct ...

ASIC puts corner-cutting advisers on notice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
ASIC is warning financial advice dealer groups about the consequences of failing to correctly witness binding death nominations for superannuation benefits. The regulator said many nominations are at risk of being rejected by trustees as it has become ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, accepts EU

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Queensland financial planning business and cancelled its AFSL. The EU also means Breakaway Finance Group's sole director Mark Roberts will remove himself from the industry for at least two years. Following ...

Government caves to banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
The Turnbull Government announced it will establish a royal commission into the alleged misconduct of banks, insurers and superannuation funds. The inquiry will also investigate the regulators' ability to identify and address misconduct, but will not ...