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Sequoia chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... Scott will leave the board and the business in his capacity as group CEO, the company will engage with Scott in the next stage of his career in the corporate finance arena." Crole said Beeton was instrumental in the foundation of this business and over ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... immediate action doesn't seem to be necessary. "There is very little super fund chief investment officers need to do at this stage other than a broad awareness that a more challenging earnings environment is coming," ISA's Stephen Anthony says. ...

Managed accounts not immune to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... to the speculation that some parts of vertically integrated businesses may be required to structurally separate. At this stage, she said it is too early to tell whether structural separation of product and advice will occur. It could happen in the for-profit ...

CCIV consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
The next phase of implementing the Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle regime is open for consolation. Stakeholders have until 28 February 2019 to make submissions on two proposed bills - the tax and regulatory component, and related explanatory ...

No-deal Brexit prolongs market uncertainty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... strategist Eleanor Creagh said the latest developments have not offered any form of clarity on the final outcome - so at this stage the effects on global markets are muted. Across the US equity markets, T3 Index chief executive Simon Ho doesn't see ...

Government needs to rethink CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
The government should abandon the Retirement Income Covenant proposed last year, if it can't sufficiently remediate its flaws by the deadline, the Productivity Commission says in the final report. Treasury has already extended the deadline on Comprehensive ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... has done some initial investigations into AI, including into IBM Watson through its international teams. However, at this stage, the focus was on collecting claims information. "It wouldn't be a far reach to say that the next phase would be to use ...

Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
Retail investors predict the trajectory of the local share market will be flat in 2019, but expect to be rewarded with modest returns, Investment Trends' latest survey shows. The 2195 investors canvassed in the monthly Investor Intentions Index ...

Andrew Boal departs Willis Towers Watson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... Boal's departure, WTW head of international Adam Garrard said: "Andrew led the company with distinction, taking it through a stage of intense integration and consolidation." "Andrew's leadership has been invaluable during this period of significant change ...

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... said it has detected the "unauthorised access," which occurred earlier this year. The fund said in a statement that at this stage it "does not believe there has been any misuse of accounts." An investigation of its online security system also did not ...