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FPSB names new leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
Former Financial Planning Association of Australia chief Dante De Gori has been named as the new head of the global Financial Planning Standards Board. The appointment is effective in January, following the departure of current chief executive Noel ...

Ironbark to distribute Robeco products

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
A strategic partnership will see Ironbark Asset Management offer Robeco's emerging conservative equity, global developed sustainable enhanced index equity and SDG credit income strategies to wholesale investors in Australia. Robeco managing director ...

Chalmers delivers on childcare

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has promised to improve early education and childcare affordability for more than 1.2 million eligible Australian families. Labor's "game-changing" investment for families will increase the paid hours worked by women ...

Federal Budget is challenging: Economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
In an interview with Financial Standard, independent economist Chris Richardson said the Treasurer has two big and difficult problems on his hands, the first being gas prices and the other the National Disability Insurance Scheme. In delivering the ...

FSC adds to Life Insurance Code of Practice

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
Several new consumer protections will be added to the Financial Services Council (FSC)'s Life Insurance Code of Practice, including the industry's first guidelines on family and domestic violence, as well as new protections in the genetics moratorium. ...

Outsourcing is the future: Northern Trust

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
A firm's ability to outsource could be the difference between future success or failure, according to Northern Trust's head of global strategic solutions Gary Paulin. Speaking with Financial Standard, London-based Paulin said that while outsourcing ...

Fidelity bolsters institutional team

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Melbourne-based Satoko Asai has been appointed as Fidelity International's new director, institutional business. Satoko has an accomplished global financial services career spanning over 17 years, and joins Fidelity from U Ethical where she worked ...

Westlawn Financial Services cops stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
ASIC has placed an interim stop order on the distribution of Westlawn Financial Services' income fund, due to non-compliant target market determinations (TMDs). The interim stop order will restrict the Grafton-based firm from issuing interests in, giving ...

Colonial First State partners with Bravura, Tech Mahindra

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) is making significant changes to the FirstChoice platform, entering a strategic partnership with Bravura Solutions and Indian IT company Tech Mahindra. The partnership marks the next stage of its ongoing $430 million transformation ...

Former AUSIEX chief to join Investment Trends

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
Eric Blewitt will take over as chief executive of Investment Trends later this month, as Sarah Brennan becomes chair of the research house's newly established advisory board. Blewitt has over 25 years of experience leading wealth management and ...