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FPA advocates for reduced pension minimums

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is keeping itself busy amid COVID-19 uncertainty, with chief executive Dante De Gori urging the government to consider moves to ease the pressure on retirees, just weeks after he had an audience with the ...

Moody's downgrades AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... operating loss (prior to underlying investment income) of $21 million for fiscal year 2019, compared with an operating loss of AUD 3 million for fiscal 2018," Moody's said. The ongoing challenges in AMP's wealth management business were noted ...

Financial regulators poised for action

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Australia's financial regulators stand ready to take a range of actions to ensure the effective operation of financial markets, including the relaxation of some regulatory requirements and the acceleration of outstanding customer remediation. As ...

Lakehouse Capital hires head of distribution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Lakehouse Capital has bolstered its distribution team with two senior appointments, including a new head of distribution from Aberdeen Standard. Stuart James steps into the role of head of distribution with Edwina Best coming on board as senior business ...

HUB24 appoints interim chief financial officer

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Wealth management platform HUB24 has appointed a new interim chief financial officer and joint company secretary following the incumbent's resignation in December last year. Debbie Last has nabbed the role, effective today, and brings with her 25 years ...

Investment firm nabs former BlackRock fundie

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
A specialist real estate investment manager has appointed a former BlackRock fund manager to its board, in what comes as her directorial debut. Danielle Carter will serve as an independent non-executive director on the boards of both APN Property Group ...

ANZ Australia risk chief exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
The chief risk officer that fronted the Royal Commission on behalf of ANZ Wealth has resigned from the bank. A spokesperson for ANZ has confirmed the resignation of Kylie Rixon, effective immediately. Rixon was chief risk officer of ANZ Wealth from ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... and global fixed-interest markets; the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+Yr TR and Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate TR Hedged AUD indexes returned 7.26% and 7.19%, respectively, in 2019," Zaychuk said. "With global central banks keeping interest rates ...

ASIC turns up the heat on enforcement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
One year on from a Royal Commission lambasting, ASIC is continuing to increase its efforts to chasten large institutions for misconduct, latest enforcement activity numbers show. In its latest six monthly report into its enforcement and regulatory work ...

TAL executive jumps to MLC Life

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
MLC Life Insurance has announced a new addition to its leadership team, hiring from TAL. Kent Griffin has been appointed as the insurer's chief financial officer having held the same position at TAL since 2012. MLC Life said Kent will lead both the ...