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Senate report labels PwC breach calculated, deliberate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... conspicuously avoids addressing the key issues at the heart of the matter: the obvious conflict in an accounting, auditing, and consulting firm providing tax consultancy advice to government and at the same time providing tax advice to private sector ...

Next RBA boss to be picked in July: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... we're working through it in the usual methodical and considered way," he said. Chalmers said he is in the process of consulting with Cabinet on the decision. "I hope to finalise a view in the coming weeks. I'm aiming to make an announcement in ...

Zurich fills newly created executive role

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... Paterson has over 20 years' industry experience across customer service, financial services, telecommunications, and consulting. Most recently, he was group chief operations officer for nib, overseeing operational contact centres and claims functions ...

Ignition Advice appoints Sally Loane as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... of Chubb Insurance Australia, PanKind and the Garvan Research Foundation. She is a member of the advisory board of consulting firm Orizontas and a mentor with McCarthy Mentoring. Meurer will work with Loane over the transition period and welcomed her ...

Consulting triopoly dominates NFP super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... Super's planned merger with ART goes ahead, Rainmaker said. If it does, JANA will again benefit. Meanwhile, internal consulting arrangements now represent 13% of the market. Rainmaker noted that Mercer and Russell Investments now play a minor role ...

Treasury consults on giving AFCA more super powers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
Treasury is consulting on whether the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) should have its remit expanded to deal with more complaints related to superannuation, following the Federal Court's MetLife decision. As it stands, under Part 7.10A ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... group's acquisition by WT Financial Group in 2022. His involvement with Synchron stretches back to 2007, when he began consulting on strategy and marketing for the licensee. In a tribute, Synchron founder Don Trapnell said: "With his help, we transformed ...

Abolishing FDSs a major win: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... be a quick win for financial advisers, according to the panel that Anderson moderated. According to Tangelo Advice Consulting director and principal consultant Conrad Travers, many advice licensees continue to grapple with providing accurate FDSs. Currently ...

Liverpool Partners invests in AI

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... Sydney-based private equity investor has acquired a majority stake in Australian hyper-automation and artificial intelligence consulting firm Simplyai. As part of the deal, former Seven Group Holdings group chief operating officer and Accenture Digital ...

Adviser numbers drop, FAAA strengthens recruitment

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... heartbreaking when you see [a number of people] who've done a financial planning major and they go off to accounting or consulting. We need them to stay with us. So that's going to be a huge focus [next year]," she said.