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QBE appoints local chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
The ASX-listed insurer has hired Westpac's managing director for insurance as its new chief executive for Australia and Pacific division. Sue Houghton will join QBE in the Sydney-based role in August. Houghton is currently Westpac's managing director ...

BT appoints risk expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
BT has hired a wealth management risk expert from MLC to oversee compliance functions across its platforms and operations. Caroline Guillot recently joined BT from MLC, taking on the title of head of risk platforms, investment and operations. Guillot ...

Sequoia completes acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
Seqouia Financial Group's subsidiary Docs Centre has completed the acquisition of corporate registry firm Panthercorp from Easton Investments and finalised a purchase of assets. The integrated financial services company funded the $1.7 million purchase ...

Gender diversity has a way to go: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
Only 10 publicly listed companies in Australia have made it onto the Bloomberg 2021 Gender-Equality Index (GEI), despite a record number of companies that disclosed data. From financial services, companies that made the index include Commonwealth Bank ...

Investors going in blind: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... Interestingly, 35% of Victorians invest to earn more income, particularly for those on reduced salaries or JobKeeper, while 24% of West Australians don't have other employment than investment income. Nearly one third of investors in NSW are investing ...

NSW economic performance slips: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
Tasmania has retained its status for the fourth consecutive quarter of having the best-performing economy in Australia while NSW has slipped to its lowest rank in nearly a decade, CommSec research shows. In the stockbroker's latest State of the ...

AMP Bank boss exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
The managing director of AMP Bank has left after a little over one year in the role. Rod Finch, who was appointed to the post in November 2019 shortly after AMP chief Francesco De Ferrari stepped in, has accepted a role as transformation director at ...

NSW pocketed $10bn from ERS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... 225,000 workers now have no retirement savings. Sydneysiders took out $445 million, followed by those living in the inner west who withdrew $306.7 million. Residents in the Barton electorate, which includes inner southern suburbs like Arncliffe, Bexley ...

Industry fund operations chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... operating officer. Former WA Super chief executive Fabian Ross has left the super fund. Former chief investment officer Chris West, senior investment analyst Chris McAlpine and investment operations analyst Mark Foo joined forces to establish boutique ...

Future Fund director puts WA property on the market

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
John Poynton has listed for sale his family's 15-bedroom property in Western Australia, with the price expected to be in the $7.5 million range. Sundance Lodge in Yallingup is spread over 13.2 hectares, and comes with 15 beds, 14 bathrooms, 36 car parks ...