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GAM profits fall 92%, management team overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... cost target will lead to a continued reduction in FTEs," GAM said. He said GAM will now focus on three key pillars; efficiency, transparency and growth. This will include realigning GAM's cost base, a focus on its private labelling business and attracting ...

Macquarie expected to fall short of 2019 performance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... conditions," Wikramanayake said. She also pointed to the firm's ongoing program to identify cost saving initiatives and efficiency, its "strong and conservative balance sheet" and a proven risk management framework and culture as reasons the future was ...

Perpetual announces new executive hire

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... perspective. [Gazal's] extensive global experience leading teams through times of regulatory change to improve governance and efficiency will be a great asset to Perpetual." Gazal said: "I am very excited to be joining [Adams] and the Perpetual team. ...

More engagement with custodians needed: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... industry. ACSA chief executive, Robert Brown said custodians are continuously evolving through their focus on operational efficiency and in support of the growth and sophistication of key client sectors. "Supporting the efficient implementation of regulatory ...

Industry split over super fee hike

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... added fee. That said; analysis of super funds' operating expenses shows scale doesn't always necessarily equal efficiency. APRA fund-level data shows AustralianSuper's operating expense ratio (OER) is not dissimilar to that of several other ...

Link Group expands with Europe acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... transaction is expected to be double digit accretive to its earnings, with a further 5% to 6% accretion anticipated from efficiency benefits over the medium term. Link Group's managing director, John McMurtrie, said the transaction provides an opportunity ...

Zenith bolsters team, hints at expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... for growth. Jason Huddy will be Zenith's first chief operating officer - overseeing operational, change and process efficiency across the business. Huddy was most recently an executive director at ARCO, a role he left in July 2019. Huddy worked at Macquarie ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... real-time gross settlement system, and its responsibilities for the stability of the financial system and the stability and efficiency of the payments system". Interestingly, the RBA revealed that it had been considering a central bank digital currency ...

SMSFA slams limited licensing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... "As we state in our Budget submission, the ultimate goal is to advocate for reform that reduces complexity, improves efficiency and drives harmonisation to better enable the provision of affordable, accessible and quality advice to business and consumers," ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... wave." Productivity slowdown also underlies the fragile outlook for advanced economies in 2020. "Weaker investment and efficiency gains, dwindling gains from the reallocation of resources to more productive sectors, and slowing improvements in the key ...