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Cyber risks for local wealth sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... reported that the number of cyber security incidents globally jumped 48% to 43 million this year, based on a PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP survey. The survey found that the average loss for a large company hit by an attack rose 50% from US$4 million to ...

Former PwC exec joins Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Towers Watson has appointed former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) executive Paul Taylor to the role of senior investment consultant. At PwC Taylor headed a team providing investment consulting advice to institutional clients in Australia and overseas. ...

PwC partner to join NAB board

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner will retire in July and join the National Australia Bank (NAB) as a non-executive director of the board. NAB chairman Michael Chaney confirmed that PwC partner David Armstrong's role as board director will start on August ...

Crime survey finds fraud rife in Australia

PETRINA BERRY, AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... middle management are the most likely perpetrators of internal fraud, a survey of Australian firms shows. PricewaterhouseCoopers' 2014 Global Economic Crime Survey found Australian organisations reported more crime than its global counterparts. However ...

Future Fund appoints head of ESG risk management

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... sustainability with De Lage Landen which is part of Rabobank Group. He has held similar roles at ABN AMRO Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers and AT Kearney, including experience across Europe, Asia and Australia. "Integrating ESG risk management into our investment ...

Platform error forces NAB to pay further compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... Investment Commissions (ASIC), which recommended the appointment of an independent expert to conduct a review. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is reviewing the adequacy of compensation already paid and the process adopted to identify customers potentially ...

ASIC should regulate SMSFs as a financial product: PwC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has recommended that individual self-managed super funds (SMSF) should be treated as a financial product regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In a submission to the Financial System Inquiry ...

Industry fund claims experience worse than retail: PWC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... industry superannuation funds has deteriorated in recent months and is now worse than in retail funds, PriceWaterhouseCoopers partner Barry Rafe said. Speaking at the Financial Services Council 2014 Life Insurance Conference, Rafe said that "in industry ...

Perpetual and Thorney "instrumental" in OneVue IPO talks

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... April were made public over the weekend. The Australian Financial Review reported that Bell Securities and PricewaterhouseCoopers had been appointed to assist with the float.

Most super funds shun in-house investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... management in-house, according to a survey by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. "The main reasons cited for this were cost, scale and risk appetite," the research shows. The lack of skills or the ...