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ASIC bolsters leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
The corporate regulator is adding an executive director of operations, chief financial officer and chief people officer. Announcing the appointments today, ASIC said they are intended to strengthen its capability and effectiveness. Joining in January  ...

De Ferrari returns to Credit Suisse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Francesco De Ferrari will return to his old hunting ground after finishing up at AMP in June. De Ferrari has signed on to become the chief executive of the Credit Suisse's wealth management division as of 1 January 2022. He also assumes the role of ...

Economic recap: Week to December 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
As it was in 2020, so it is in 2021. Yes Virginia, I don't believe it too until... I re-read my first scribbles on this site at the beginning of 2021. On January 12 this year, I wrote: "Fiscal and monetary authorities prompt and aggressive counter-cycle ...

More advisers fail FASEA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
Only half of the financial advisers who sat the November exam passed, making this the lowest pass rate on record. Fifty-two percent of the 2129 advisers who sat the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam were successful. The pass rate ...

New appointments to FSC board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has today announced the appointments of AMP Australian Wealth Management chief executive Scott Hartley, and Challenger chief executive, people, corporate affairs and strategy Michelle Taylor, as directors to the ...

New head of product, trading for AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
AUSIEX has today announced the appointment of Brett Grant as its new head of product and trading. Grant will lead the teams responsible for AUSIEX's trade execution across domestic and international equites & derivatives. He will also lead the team ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
New research from the Australia Institute and Quit Nukes shows most major Australian superannuation funds still have holdings in nuclear weapons. Nearly one year since the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force (January  ...

ESSSuper chief executive joins MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
After more than a decade in the role, the chief executive of ESSSuper has resigned to take on a key role with the life insurer as it restructures. Effective 3 January 2022, Mark Puli will exit the fund and take on the role of chief group insurance officer ...

FPA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia announced who will take over Dante De Gori as chief executive. Sarah Abood takes the post in mid-January 2022, leaving behind her role as chief operating officer of HOPE Housing Funds Management, a not-for-profit ...

Yarra Capital bolsters investment team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
Yarra Capital Management has boosted its investment team with two new hires and two senior promotions. Rhys Corry will join Yarra as an investment manager in the fixed income team, and Joshua Ginges will join as an analyst in the Yarra Australian equities ...