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Financial advice profession 'lacks consistent protocols'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... service providers, reviewing the privacy and whistleblower protection laws, harmonising the current state-based laws to be national, establishing a national register of Powers of Attorney and development a standard identification, reporting and escalation ...

UBS institutional client coverage lead departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... four years, confirmed his departure. Fowler started with the Swiss giant's Australian asset management business as a national sales manager in 2007. He started his career as an account director at Perpetual back in 2002. It is understood that UBS country ...

New inspector-general of taxation appointed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... brings experience in economic, climate and energy policy. He will join the PC on July 4 from KPMG where he has been the national lead and global co-lead of their Climate Policy Advisory. The Commission is chaired by Danielle Wood who commenced her five-year ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... Van Breda was previously the head of Stanwell, a major provider of electricity and energy solutions to Queensland, the National Electricity Market and large energy users throughout Australia. Before that, he served as the chief financial officer for ...

Greece taps BlackRock FMA to build sovereign wealth fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Greece will soon launch its inaugural sovereign wealth fund called National Investment Fund with the help of BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory. Kostis Hatzidakis, Greece's minister of national economy and finance, affirmed the country's ...

Betashares promotes key sales execs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... manager, sitting behind Vanguard but ahead of BlackRock and VanEck. Adam O'Connor and Max Minack have been promoted to national head of wealth distribution and head of broking and wealth management, respectively. In the newly created role, O'Connor ...

Aussies' financial literacy declines, young people fare the worst

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... to financial capability." The report said the key opportunities in the Australian context included - recommitting to a national strategy for financial literacy and capability with concrete goals, lines of accountability, sustainable funding, and clear ...

Australia's competitiveness climbs world rankings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... Australia's large corporations (52nd), the report highlights the important role businesses have to play in driving national competitiveness and productivity. "The lack of productivity growth remains a challenge if we want to maintain our living standards ...

NRF appoints inaugural chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) announced Mary Manning has been appointed as the organisation's inaugural chief investment officer. Manning will oversee investment strategy and portfolio management for the $15 billion fund, which ...

Lazard enters local ETF industry with infra offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... being diversified utilities and toll roads. Its top five holdings were Ferrovial, Vinci, Exelon, Norfolk Southern, and National Grid. The TMD says investment in the ETF is suited to those with a very high risk and return profile, seeking capital growth ...