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Willis Towers Watson adds cyber specialist

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Willis Towers Watson appointed a cyber specialist to its Australian arm. Benjamin Di Marco links with Willis Towers Watson from law firm Clyde & Co, where he spent almost four years, eventually establishing the firm's data privacy and cyber insurance ...

ASIC cracks down on non-compliant AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
ASIC has slapped additional conditions on the AFSL of an advice practice operating on the New South Wales Central Coast. Surveillance by ASIC showed HNW Planning failed to adequately monitor and supervise its representatives. Its audit processes were ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... as a Cayman Island-domiciled vehicle. However, it doesn't necessarily want to invest in Asian debt. "We might look at AUD Asian development bank bonds," he said. The fund won't say what other institutional mandates it has won, but it has another ...

MLC Life welcomes board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
The $500 million outlay to improve systems and technology at MLC Life Insurance is being supported with the appointment of a new board member. MLC Life Insurance recently welcomed Jacqueline Korhonen as an independent non-executive director. She has ...

Former AMP senior manager joins platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
A former senior leader at AMP has joined the board of Powerwrap as it progresses plans to list on the ASX. Donna Hardman is now a non-executive director on the Powerwrap board, adding close to 40 years' experience in financial services. Hardman is a ...

ClearView director dismissed of charges

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
Criminal charges laid against ClearView Wealth non-executive director David Brown by Papua New Guinea police in August were dismissed in court on Friday. Brown is the chief investment officer for PNG's National Superannuation Fund (NASFUND). On 30 July ...

AFSL super options under the lens

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
The final report recommends ASIC should have greater oversight of the superannuation products sitting on the approved product lists of AFSLs. The Productivity Commission calls for all Australian Financial Services Licensees (AFSL) to "immediately" be ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
Ausbil's in-house ESG research team has matured to the point where it's leading investment strategy creation and attracting a wider international audience. The asset manager's call to develop its own ESG team and not buy research "off the shelf" means ...

ASIC cans advice business AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
A boutique financial advice business has had its AFSL cancelled for failing to adequately manage conflicts of interest after clients were advised to invest their superannuation in the practice. ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Evermore Money Management ...

Industry fund hires group executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
A $51 billion superannuation fund has appointed a new group executive as it reshuffles its team. Gemma Kyle has been appointed as the group executive of corporate services, which is one of the six newly-created teams inside Rest. The corporate services ...