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Shipton to leave ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... been in the role for three years. Shipton will continue in the role from Monday, after having been stood down for the last few months. He will depart once a new chair has been appointed, which is expected to occur in the next three months with the search ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... "reflecting expectations of a vaccine-powered strengthening of activity later in the year and additional policy support in a few large economies... which outweigh the drag on near-term momentum due to rising infections". "The upgrade is particularly ...

HESTA hikes group insurance premiums again

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
For the second time in a year, the $52 billion superannuation fund is increasing the total cost of its standard group insurance cover for members. HESTA's standard insurance cover -- which eligible members automatically receive upon signing up unless ...

AMP adviser numbers shrivel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... said. However, he said only a small portion of those AMP advisers could go and join other licensees - most were left with few options but to leave the industry entirely. Approximately 300 of the advisers that left AMP ceased operating as financial advisers ...

WealthO2 names chair, director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... runs its software on the cloud means it is resilient and rapidly scalable in ways that were prohibitively expensive only a few years ago," Roderick said. Darren Pettiona was previously chief executive and co-founder of wealth management platform HUB24 ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine, the variant

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... new tariffs. A confluence of these factors could lead to a stronger recovery than currently projected." What a difference a few months make. The World Health Organisation (WHO) named the virus COVID-19 on February 11 last year and declared it a pandemic ...

Jablko exits ANZ

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... we have done to strengthen and simplify the bank as well as the highly capable finance function we have built over the last few years." Current group general manager internal audit has been appointed as acting chief financial officer while ANZ conducts ...

Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... defines her as a step-child and the marriage between Robert Smorgon and her mother ended could mean Samantha Smorgon has very few rights under the law. Peter Townsend, owner of Townsends Business and Corporate Lawyers, explained that in most states in ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... It wasn't always easy either. Like most of you, we spent a decent chunk of the year working from home and faced quite a few curveballs along the way; few companies are eager to draw attention to themselves in the midst of a pandemic. However, the ...

Active manager winning streak short lived

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... high-performing Australian fund managers were able to keep the momentum going. The report, Persistence Scorecard, found very few outperformed their respective benchmarks or consistently stayed in the top quartiles over three and five consecutive years. ...