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ASFA chief joins Irish software provider

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... Comminsure, Steadfast and Infomedia. O'Driscoll was previously chief financial officer at Genworth Australia and has worked with PwC and IAG. The appointments come as the company plans to scale rapidly, with plans for significant growth in the Asia Pacific ...

The state of the banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... growing external pressure. It indicated the banks delivered surprisingly solid numbers in the face of these pressures. PwC Australia banking and capital markets leader Colin Heath argued the results are more about the past than the future. "At face value ...

WTW Australia asset consulting lead joins super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... process of recruiting a new head of asset consulting. Prior to joining WTW in 2014, Taylor spent seven years at PwC Australia. Taylor has returned to Perth for his role with GESB, having started his career there with Williamson Nance in 1997. Williamson ...

Mainstream board loses former ASIC executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... ASIC. Following her time with the regulator, Layton was director of EY's compliance advisory practice and then partner at PwC's risk advisory practice. She is also a former head of BT Core Risk & Compliance and executive general manager, corporate services ...

Industry fund chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... to occur continues. We acknowledge that some of our processes and procedures were not followed, and independent experts at PwC are analysing why that happened and what needs to change," it said in a statement.

Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... should be that your industry is there to help every Australian live a happier, healthier life," he said. According to recent PwC research, the financial services industry has the highest rate of mental illness with 33% of employees experience a mental ...

BNP Paribas product lead joins RBC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... recently working in product development at BT Financial Group and has also previously held roles with Westpac, Macquarie and PwC. Finally, Gavin Yip joins RBC in the role of associate director, data and analytics. Yip adds more than a decade in the performance ...

Future of superannuation leads FSC Summit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... itself for fewer legacy arrangements, fewer accounts, and greater demand for needs-based insurance. This was a key message from PwC asset and wealth management leader Craig Cummins as he opened the Financial Services Council Summit in Melbourne this ...

CPA Australia scraps advice offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... Australia's advice arm had lost about $6 million of members' money in 2016. It was only launched in 2015. A review conducted by PwC Strategy concluded that demand from members for the offering was insufficient to ensure financial viability, finding no ...

Super fund rationalisation painful: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... rationalisation of underperforming funds eventuates, the second day of Productivity Commission public hearings was told in Melbourne. PwC partner Cathy Nance was the latest to appear before the Commission tasked at improving the efficiency and competitiveness ...