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APRA banned one person in 10 years: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
The Royal Commission heard Australia's prudential regulator has banned one person for not being fit and proper since 2008 - after the law changed requiring APRA take the matter to court. Under examination from counsel assisting Michael Hodge, APRA deputy ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... lithium-ion flywheel project in 2016 and another in 2017. "Australia is an interesting market for us. There's a lot of focus on energy policy to be sure, on one hand. Underlying that is just fundamental desire to decarbonise the system more and at ...

TAL appoints customer operations lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... customer operations and underwriting is Matt Paterson. He has 15 years' experience in financial services, with a strong focus on wealth management and life insurance. In his most recent role, he was a principal at customer experience company Limebridge ...

AFIC appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... guardians. He has also held directorships at Goldman Scahs and JB Were. Djeriwarrh invests in Australian equities "with a focus on stocks with an active options market." The firm had a market capitalisation of about $730 million as of March and was first ...

Pengana LIC profitable again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... expenses. "The revamped investment strategy managed by PIA's chief investment officer Jordan Cvetanovski and the board's focus on corporate expenses has delivered a good outcome for PIA shareholders," Pengana Capital Group chief executive Russel ...

Poor systems delay MySuper transitions: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
Operational constraints and poor systems once again took a beating at this morning's Royal Commission hearing, contributing to what Colonial First State admits was a lengthy transition of members to MySuper products. CFS executive general manager ...

BNP Paribas product lead joins RBC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... APAC region. The institution is also welcoming a director of client experience and solution design in David Evers, who will focus on creating and fostering relationships, particularly in the funds management space. Evers was most recently working in ...

Challenger increases annuity distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... our product and distribution reach to capture strong growth opportunities, supported by increasing industry and government focus on the retirement phase of superannuation," he said. He added that Challenger products will be present on the platforms used ...

NAB director joins global manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
Columbia Threadneedle Investments will welcome a new head of institutional for Australia and New Zealand from NAB Asset Management. Glen Giddings will be responsible for developing the $663 billion fund manager's institutional business in Australia ...

Janus Henderson promotes Aussie team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... will continue to work alongside Noel Murphy in co-managing Janus Henderson's Australian credit portfolios. Kwee primary focus will continue to be on shaping the team's credit strategy in terms of asset allocation and issuer/security selection. ...