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JBWere to add 50 to team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... deep understanding of private wealth and a strong sense of 'client first' - which is the ethos at the heart of the JBWere culture helping us to serve families and organisations for 180 years," he said. With JBWere, NAB Private and self-directed wealth ...

Super funds merge, board revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... Dundon said the merger marks the achievement of VicSuper's strategy to align with a fund that had shared values and culture. "Last year our boards set the goal to finalise the merger by 1 July 2020; and despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 over ...

Life insurers disregard code of practice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... and reporting such breaches." The committee's criticisms didn't stop there, with the report adding that the corporate culture of many subscribers appears not to be in alignment with the Code of Practice. It also questioned how life insurance companies ...

Fintech acquires licensee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... and debt. PictureWealth co-founder and chief executive David Pettit said that NEO is in alignment with his company's culture. "We found that the leadership team at NEO Financial Solutions shared our outlook on the future of financial advice and we ...

Euroz, Hartleys to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
Euroz and Hartleys have made public plans to merge operations, creating a financial services powerhouse in Western Australia. Announced today, the two firms are set to join forces with Euroz issuing up to 33 million shares at a price of $0.915 each ...

APRA hands reins to ASIC in AUSTRAC case

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... regulator in December, which is tasked with reviewing Westpac's risk management, governance, accountability, remuneration and culture. "The additional $500 million capital requirement that APRA imposed on Westpac in December 2019 remains in place, while ...

Aussie financial firms struggle to manage risk: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... outcomes," Lopes said. "Automating certain compliance tasks can allow compliance professionals to focus on conduct and risk culture, ensuring the mistakes of yesterday are not repeated. "The stakes have never been higher, and ongoing remediation programs ...

JBWere nabs J.P. Morgan executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... firm in Australia and New Zealand," she said. "One of the key things that attracted me to JBWere was its "client first" culture. I am also looking forward to the opportunity to work closely with the JBWere investment team and making a significant contribution ...

38 staff punished over AUSTRAC scandal: Westpac

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... "We recognise we need to change. We completely accept that some important aspects of Westpac's financial crime risk culture were immature and reactive, and we failed to build sufficient capacity and experience in some important areas," he said. "We ...

GDP figures reveal start of COVID-19 impact

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... where restrictions impacted most severely, such as air transport services, hotels, cafes and restaurants, recreation and culture. Spending on goods rose, most notably in food and pharmaceuticals, as households prepared for the introduction of restrictions. ...