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Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... considering partnering with advice networks. "Ultimately, we are seeking to assess if licensees are creating and nurturing a culture and operating environment that allows financial advisers to deliver high-quality professional advice in the best interests ...

Banks take 1500 days to identify breaches: ASIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... highlighted at the Royal Commission) are embedded in remuneration, they will become embedded in the organisation's culture. And shifting culture needs leadership involvement from the senior levels of the industry, he said. They must invest more in ...

Nicholas Moore to retire from Macquarie Group

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... momentum and market-leading positions, and does so with the international track record, vision and strong sense of our unique culture to make this a very successful transition." A veteran at Macquarie, Wikramanayake served in various roles alongside ...

AustralianSuper bolsters executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... fund's technology function. Meanwhile, Michele Glover has been also appointed. She joins as group executive, people and culture. Glover joins the fund from Mercer where she was people and culture leader for Australia and New Zealand. Glover adds expertise ...

Frontier names head of real assets arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... considerable depth and talent, he said. Frontier also recently appointed former AustralianSuper general manager of people and culture Margie Hill to the role of head of people. Joey Alcock also returned to Frontier as a principal consultant. He was a ...

Wealth fintech strengthens leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... was well suited to the role. "As Ignition Wealth continues to expand, we will maintain our focus on a capabilities and culture mindset. Helen represents this perfectly. She is an absolute leader in her field of expertise having lived through the advice ...

Boutique fund manager bolsters investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... lead portfolio manager Hamish Tadgell said: "Michael is very well aligned with our high conviction fundamental investing culture, and we look forward to him making a significant contribution to the SGH20 fund and client portfolios." For the year to 30 ...

ESG considerations material to long-term success

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... missed opportunity to perform well against the market average." "There is a growing expectation that a company's conduct culture reflects consumer expectations, that the physical assets of the company are being protected against climate change, that ...

Victorian super funds discuss merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
Two Victorian industry superannuation funds are in talks to merge, highlighting the benefits of scale to about 120,000 members. Prime Super and Combined Super have signed a memorandum of understanding, announcing the two funds are in advanced merger ...

Phone life insurance sales 'hawking' customers: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... more boiler room sales tactics of call centre staff selling life insurance which drove poor behaviour and a sales-driven culture, and effectively breached anti-hawking provisions. Select AFSL managing director Russell Howden was in the hot seat again ...