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Lazard implements new leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
Lazard has promoted current chief executive of financial advisory Peter R. Orszag to the role of chief executive, while former chief executive and chair Kenneth M. Jacobs will step into the role of executive chair of the board. Orszag has served as ...

Treasury hands PwC tax scandal to AFP

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
A formal investigation into the embattled PwC will commence following Treasury's referral to the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Australian Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy announced the matter, in which PwC senior partners shared information ...

PwC picks senior leaders to oversee review

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
Former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski has been picked to lead an independent review of the firm and its own Tony O'Malley has been appointed chief risk and ethics leader amid the ongoing tax crisis. The independent review, originally announced last ...

Sales-oriented fear stunts expansion goals: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
New research reveals that the fear of being pushy or appearing to be "salesy" is deterring financial advisers from proactively expanding their client base and increasing their assets under advice. About 43% of the 158 financial advisers based in the ...

PwC senior leaders step down over tax scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
Financial advisory managing partner Pete Calleja and chief strategy, risk and reputation officer Sean Gregory have stepped down amid the firm's tax scandal. Calleja and Gregory will remain at PwC but have exited their senior roles and the executive ...

PwC chief exits over scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Tom Seymour has exited the top job following his involvement in the firm's tax leak breach, as PwC assurance leader Kristin Stubbins takes over in the interim. Following a discussion with the firm's Australian board, PwC announced Seymour would ...

HUB24 to buy myprosperity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
The platform provider has agreed to take over 100% of myprosperity for $40 million, aiming to do so by the end of June. Melbourne-based myprosperity specialises in client portals for financial advisers and accountants and will be operated as a separate ...

Lazard to reduce workforce by 10%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
Lazard is slashing its global workforce by 10% this year to save on costs amid a lack of deal activity. In a quarterly update, Lazard said it has already commenced the initiative, with US$21 million spent on the plan in Q1. It said it anticipates the ...

Former adviser jailed for six years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
A former financial adviser was sentenced to six years behind bars for committing a $650,000 fraud, using clients' SMSF savings to pay off his personal debts. Appearing before the Maroochydore District Court, former adviser Brett Gordon faced nine counts ...

Ascent Investment ordered into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
The Federal Court has ordered Ascent Investment and Coaching to be wound up following ASIC's investigation into a $149 million Ponzi scheme. ASIC froze the assets of Ascent and its director Michael Dunjey in late December 2021. Dunjey was also forced ...