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MSC appoints operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... career at National Australia Bank. There, she held several senior executive roles in securitization, credit and regulatory affairs. Brown's promotion follows other recent appointments in the risk and legal teams at MSC, including Adam Swanwick as ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... advice safely, and that by saying these are no longer required for such an important facet of consumers' financial affairs would undermine the whole point of professionalising financial advice. Abood also raised concerns that the draft legislation ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... climate resilience across the Indo-Pacific - and shape a peaceful, stable and prosperous region," minister for foreign affairs Penny Wong said at the launch of the latter initiative.

TAL taps ex-CBA deputy as chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... 1. Before that, Cohen was CBA's group general counsel, group executive of human resources, group executive of corporate affairs, and chief risk officer. Before joining CBA, he was general counsel at AMP and a partner at law firm Allans. "I'm delighted ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... days - that shouldn't even get a look in, because you're dealing with a very time-sensitive issue where you need to get affairs in order as quickly as possible," Glezer said. "With the TPD, I don't believe the money would've been paid by now if we hadn't ...

Viola Private Wealth appoints family office wealth adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... career in financial services, most recently at Mutual Trust, which was established nearly a century ago to manage the affairs of the Baillieu family office and expanded in 2017 to include the Myer Family Company. At Mutual Trust, Mann led the Sydney ...

AdviceIQ general manager Paul Harding-Davis to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... Earlier in his career, Sullivan also served as senior legal counsel for AMP, which included responsibility for the legal affairs of its advice businesses. AdviceIQ chair Andrew Harding described him as "highly qualified" with a "distinguished career." ...

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Secret affairs, sexual harassment, and systemic abuses of power by chief executives and senior leaders have the potential to erode investment returns, according to Acadian Asset Management. Events like these can shake company valuations, demonstrating ...

Super moves: Future Fund, QIC, Vanguard Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... was responsible for developing the merged fund's strategic direction, with oversight of transformation, corporate affairs, product, and policy until march 2023. Moreover, Whatley was interim chief executive of Sunsuper before its merger with Qsuper ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... Ultimately, however, "more Australians in jobs is a good story," he said. CPA Australia chief of policy, standards and external affairs Elinor Kasapidis, meanwhile, said that with the right policies and incentivise the government has the power to boost ...