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EISS appoints CIO from Suncorp

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... the Suncorp superannuation and insurance businesses on investment related issues. Etherington has also held senior roles at KPMG and AMP. "Ross Etherington brings extensive investment and superannuation industry expertise and will lead the investment ...

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... potential, with the task of bringing these ideas and products to the market," AVCAL chief executive Yasser El-Ansary said. KPMG also embraced the Government's new focus and what it called the "critical adjustment" of incentives and taxation. "As the ...

Women in Super names recipients of 2015 NSW scholarship program

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... Qualification Program. The latest batch of WIS scholars are: * Lola Oyetunji, Senior Consultant, Advisory, Superannuation KPMG * Dr Suzanne Doyle, Head of Advice, StatePlus * Jean Turner Chapman, Client Relationship Manager, First State Super * Jennifer ...

FPA hires professional standards, advocacy manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... manager to strengthen its policy team. Benjamin Marshan was previously associate director of wealth management advisory at KPMG Australia for over a year. Before that, he worked at StatePlus (previously State Super Financial Services) for over four years ...

Super funds must ramp cyber protections

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... underprepared for a cyber event and Australian firms must pick up their game. From a study of more than 1200 global chief executives, KPMG found only about half were prepared for a cyber event. One in five indicated that information security is the risk ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... report following in early 2017, could have significant knock-on effects for the Australian market. Last year, research from KPMG found that three-quarters of the contracts awarded to consultants for their investment services were given without a competitive ...

MLC takes axe to life insurance premiums

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... something we've dreamed up because of that [partnership]." Hackett said MLC was aware of the underinsurance issue in Australia. "KPMG did a study for the Financial Services Council (FSC) that showed 11.5 million working Australians are underinsured up ...

ME and mutuals must embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... start-up solutions in a bid to capitalise on challenges faced by their bigger competitors. This is a key theme arising from KPMG's 2015 Mutuals Industry Review released today and something that ME Bank has already encompassed in its strategy. A mutual ...

Aspen revises fund merger proposal after Sunsuper bid

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... to acquire the fund by a Sunsuper subsidiary. It has been analysed and recommended by an independent expert appointed by KPMG Corporate Finance. Commenting on the new proposal, Zipfinger said, "The Aspen Group board committee is pleased to receive the ...

Banks face wealth management challenges

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... accessible to more people and provide increased consistency of advice." Also conducting a review of the big four banks was KPMG, who said favourable equity markets and investment performance coupled with a lower Australian dollar were offset marginally ...