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FASEA rethinks CPD, provides exam update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
FASEA and its exam provider ACER have offered an update on what financial advisers can expect from the FASEA exam amidst the COVID-19 pandemic - taking a wait and see approach. Meanwhile, financial advisers are also calling for FASEA to reconsider its ...

AXA IM in strategic overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
AXA Investment Managers is splitting its asset management business in two, creating a dedicated alternatives business that will run alongside a strengthened core investments business. As such, AXA IM's leadership team has also been overhauled. AXA IM ...

Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Italy, it seems, is getting everything that it wished for courtesy of one microscopic organism. Long before the COVID-19 epidemic spread, the Italian government implemented new rules and regulations in an attempt to reduce over tourism including; prohibiting ...

Mercer chief executive to step down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Mercer Australia chief executive Ben Walsh is set to leave the global consulting firm within months, with an internal candidate picked to succeed him in the interim. In a statement, Mercer revealed Walsh would end his four year tenure as head of the ...

Actuaries Institute appoints 2020 president

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
The Actuaries Institute has appointed a new president for 2020, with eyes set on giving young actuaries a voice. Hoa Bui, currently also a director at KPMG Actuarial and partner-in-charge of actuarial and financial risk at KPMG Australia, has nabbed ...

A man is not a plan: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... and on average retire will $90,000 more in their accounts than women. For International Women's Day, ISA and Women In Super (WIS) called on the federal government to help bridge the super gender gap, including paying super on Commonwealth paid parental ...

Government moves to cut work test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
The government is moving to act on one of its election promises by cutting the work test. Draft legislation released this week through the release of draft legislation which will allow Australians aged 65 and 66 to make voluntary super contributions ...

Westpac director heads for the exit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
A member of Westpac's board is preparing to leave the turmoil stricken big bank after less than two years as a director. The bank has confirmed the departure of director Anita Fung from its board. Fung was appointed to the board in the midst of the ...

Life insurer chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
The founding chief executive of one of Australia's life insurance providers is retiring after more than 40 years in the industry. Integrity Life has announced its chief executive Chris Powell will retire in the middle of the year, appointing chief financial ...

Spitfire loses top executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Spitfire has lost both its chief executive and chief product officer within months of them joining the platform provider. Former chief executive John Shuttleworth left the business in December last year after being appointed to the top role only two ...