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Challenger names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... BT Life Insurance and head of executive office at BT Wealth and started her career as a graduate in audit and assurance at PwC Australia. Grimes was the president of the International Federation of Accountants for two years and is a director on The Accounting ...

Financial services eyes gig economy workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... to 20% of the financial services sector will likely comprise gig economy employees over the next five years, a study from PwC shows. More than half (52%) of the 500 financial institutions surveyed expect to hire more gig-based employees, despite a minority ...

Super must prioritise cybersecurity risk: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... address such challenges, according to a new report. The survey conducted by The Gateway Network Governance Body (GNGB) and PwC found that the industry is overwhelmingly calling for minimum cybersecurity control standards to be implemented. The report ...

BT appoints risk expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... that, she was an independent consultant at the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation for two years and spent a decade at PwC in senior roles. Other than risk and compliance, her experience in wealth management includes performance improvement, transformation/change ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... audit fee revenue appropriately and test the accuracy of net asset values which were the basis for asset management fees. PwC, BDO, Grant Thornton and KPMG failed to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial reports were free of material misstatement ...

Sayers hires tech experts, launches new unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... Jackson will also help build the tech and platforms business. They join Nikhil de Silva, a former Salesforce executive; former PwC partners Caitrin Dunn and Leon Cooper; former Deloitte senior partner John Pickering; and former PwC director Francois ...

LGBTI+ leaders list 2020 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... partner's photo on your desk, then put your partner's photo on your desk'," Hilton said. Finally, also on the list is PwC partner, financial advisory Cherie Mulyono who was one of the founders of Shine women's network and is an active ...

End of the road for advice qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
Described as the 'end of an era', the Diploma of Financial Planning and Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning have been removed from the national regulator's register of vocational education and training. On November 3, the Australian Skills ...

Zurich adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... join as head of strategy. She has been with TAL for over four years, and has previously held roles with FNB South Africa and PwC. Zurich said Marshall will lead several critical enterprise wide projects and will drive long-term strategy. "We are delighted ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... professor Allan Fels commented that conflicts of interest should not exist by prohibiting the big firms - Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC - from providing consulting work for firms they audit. "If that auditor is also performing services for the person they're ...