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HESTA snags AMP head of compliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... AMP's superannuation business. Tim Pietsch has taken on the role and brings extensive experience across the financial services sector to the fold. He joins in a role the organisation believes will be critical in enhancing its compliance framework and ...

AustralianSuper appoints first chief liquidity officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... manager capital management and stress testing for the group. Bhindi brings more than 25 years' experience in financial services at leadership levels across treasury, retail, investment banking and wealth management. AustralianSuper chief investment officer ...

ASIC extends two advice instruments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... Reporting-Reportable Situations) Instrument 2024/620 and ASIC Corporations Record-Keeping Requirements for Australian Financial Services Licensees when Giving Personal Advice) Instrument 2024/508 for the purpose of extending reliefs that were due to ...

Court rejects Linchpin director appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... unsecured personal loans when he was in financial difficulty. All four former directors were banned from providing financial services for five years and ordered to pay their respective penalties. Only Daly contested the rulings. Justice Jackman said ...

Lack of talent challenging DDO compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... Chisholm fears this may well be the case for some time to come, with the rate of regulation far outpacing the financial services sector's ability to build effectively resourced product risk and compliance functions. Further, the broad nature of some ...

ASIC updates and reissues RG 121

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... 121 to provide updated guidance to individuals and companies from outside Australia that wish to conduct a financial services business in Australia. The newest version replaces the last guidance which was issued in June 2013. ASIC said RG 121 has been ...

Former Mercer Super chair named Actuary of the Year

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... Actuaries Institute has named Jan Swinhoe the Actuary of the Year for 2024. Swinhoe has an extensive background in financial services, having worked across insurance, institutional banking, and superannuation. She is currently a non-executive director ...

GAM Investments loses local lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... currently searching for Zaika's replacement. Zaika, who joined GAM in July 2018, has worked in Australian financial services sales for 20 years, covering institutional, wholesale and retail market segments. He arrived from BlackRock, where he served ...

Court freezes assets of company director

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... rose concerns that some of the companies linked to McWilliams may have been operating without an Australian financial services licence, possibly breaching the Corporations Act. Additionally, he pointed out that several companies involved, along with ...

Government consults on laxing legacy super product rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... and payments setting, according to an explanatory statement issued by assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones. "Although market-linked income streams have similarities to account-based income streams, all these legacy products ...