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Challenger appoints new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Challenger's top job is seeing a change of guard as its chief executive of six years Brian Benari steps down to retire. Replacing Benari is Challenger's head of distribution, product and marketing Richard Howes. Benari will step down from the ...

The rise of challenger banks in Australia: SIBOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Challenger banks :86400, volt and xinja mount plans to disrupt the banking oligopoly in Australia. Speaking at the SIBOS Conference held in Sydney this week, senior heads at the three challenger banks spoke about how changing customer needs, fintech ...

Digital custody evolutionary, not revolutionary: SIBOS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
A SIX executive told SIBOS delegates moving to a complete digital custody system in one go would prove to be a challenge for the global financial services industry. Speaking at the SIBOS conference in Sydney on Tuesday morning, SIX head of product management ...

Digital advice engagement spikes for super members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
More superannuation members are using online advice technology to engage with their fund, the latest report from Decimal shows. Decimal's annual digital insights study found in the year to June 2018, the number of requests from superannuation fund members ...

Class chief steps down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
The chief executive of SMSF software provider Class will step down after a three month transition period. Kevin Bungard will leave Class after leading the business for about four years. In an ASX announcement on Wednesday, Class said its board had come ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Industry Super Australia suggests the Australian Taxation Office's approach to unpaid superannuation is becoming a moral hazard whereby employers think they can escape penalty. Testimony from the ATO at the Senate Estimates committee for economics this ...

Magellan boosts retail push for Airlie

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Magellan is close to listing an Australian equities strategy from its recent acquisition of Airlie Funds Management as part of a bid to bring more retail money to the former insto-only strategy. Exchange-traded units of the Airlie Australian Share Fund ...

Wealth group announces new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
An ASX-listed wealth management group is welcoming its new chief executive, promoting from within. Yellow Brick Road has appointed Frank Ganis as its leader. He joined YBR as a board member in 2017 and recently stepped into an advisory role. Ganis was ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Persistent sell orders have put Wall Street's major benchmark indices either in a correction (defined as a 10% drop from the nearest peak) or on the cusp of one: Nasdaq (-11.5%) and Russell 2000 (-15.6%); S&P 500 (-9.4%) and DJIA (-8.4%). The sell-off ...

Blue Sky LIC gets a new suitor

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Geoff Wilson has thrown his hat in the ring for the troubled Blue Sky LIC which last week reached an agreement to appoint a Pinnacle affiliate as its new manager. Wilson Asset Management has sent a proposal to the LIC's non-executive directors, making ...