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Misconduct matters, but stability key for Frydenberg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... Australian Finance Industry Association conference in Sydney this week, Frydenberg told delegates the Government had four focus areas when implementing the recommendations of Commissioner Hayne's final report. The stability of Australia's financial ...

Antipodes Partners expands team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The global equities boutique has added a former Platinum Asset Management analyst to its team, and is hiring for other roles. Alison Savas is taking on the role of client portfolio manager and will interact with advisers and investors on technical enquiries ...

MetLife expands retail arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
MetLife Australia continues to bolsters its retail division with four key appointments. Marcus Chan joins MetLife as sales manager for New South Wales. He came from BT Financial Group where he worked as a business development manager. Also from BTFG ...

Industry fund appoints risk executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... said Engelhardt will act in a part-time advisory capacity to assist the transition of the role to Swenson before leaving to focus on his health. Prior to joining Intrust, Swenson was a compliance specialist at Energy Super and previously worked as a ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... repo rate) or the yen (-0.1% discount rate) or even Australia (1.5% official cash rate). However, the Fed's one-eyed focus on growth is increasing the risk of a policy mistake. More so, because gangbusting growth has not produced an equivalent surge ...

Blue Sky names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... rectify this and are confident that today marks the turning point, from which out reputation can begin to recover and we can focus on the future, rather than the past," he said.

Comyn promises personal accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
CBA chief executive Matt Comyn told the financial services Royal Commission how he plans to overhaul the bank that was "once great" under his leadership, but flagged there might be "missteps" along the way. Comyn admitted that the pursuit of financial ...

KPMG hires from Macquarie

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... Macquarie's infrastructure and specialised investment products including five years in London. At MIRA, she had a particular focus on managing client relationships for domestic institutions and foreign clients investing in Australia and on executing ...

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
Thirteen months on from securing its first boutique partners, the UK business of Bennelong Funds Management is ready to scale up. But will Brexit get in the way? Speaking to Financial Standard in London recently, BennBridge chief operating officer Greg ...

ClearView launches new business, reshuffles executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... LaVista's aim is not to tell advisers how to run their business, but to help them meet their legal obligations so they can focus on seeing clients and growing their business, confident that nothing is slipping through the cracks.