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'Incompetent' adviser permanently banned by ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... integrity, and professionalism, ASIC said. Peter Surtenich has been permanently banned on March 6 from providing any financial services, performing any function, and controlling an entity that carries a financial services business. Surtenich was the ...

Macquarie heavyweights headline 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... investing sector is the fastest-growing sector, albeit from a smaller base, within responsible investment, and financial services companies are recognising that," Series told Financial Standard. Macquarie Group global strategist Viktor Shvets, a keynote ...

ART appoints insurance chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... management and actuarial while leveraging data analytics to inform key decisions. With over 28 years in the financial services industry, he is a seasoned leader with deep expertise across general insurance, life insurance and superannuation. Before arriving ...

Iress hires wealth tech experts

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
Iress, the financial services software and data firm, has made two hires to its Asia Pacific wealth team. Callum Masson and Martin Johnson have been appointed executive general manager of product and technology and general manager of technology respectively. ...

UK regulators abandon DEI reporting push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) will no longer introduce new diversity and inclusion rules for financial services organisations, claiming they wish to "avoid additional burdens on firms at this time." The FCA and PRA - which is the regulatory ...

NZ council seeks investment manager partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... council seeks investment managers that have local representation in New Zealand and are registered to provide financial services there. The portfolio adopts a socially responsible investment framework. Investments exclude, but are not limited to, gambling ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
The financial services industry has made modest inroads with gender parity, and closing the wealth and financial literacy gap, but the reality is accelerated action is needed from the government and private sector to tackle entrenched inequalities as ...

ASIC bans adviser jailed for supplying drugs

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... expires in January 2026. However, the ban indicates that Shortland will not be able to engage in any form of financial services for a further six years should he be released early by parole. As a result, he will be suspended from providing any financial ...

Perpetual appoints demerger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Perpetual Limited has recruited a chief transformation officer as the financial services giant continues to pursue the sale of its wealth management business. Song Hong joined Perpetual five months ago as a separation specialist when Perpetual was about ...

Sandi Orleow joins ECP board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Angela Obree as the second non-executive director of the company. Orleow has over three decades of experience in financial services, asset management, superannuation, member associations and business transformation, both locally and globally. Manny Pohl ...