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New MDRT Australia chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
Former national vice-president of the Association of Financial Advisers and JBS Financial Strategists chief executive Jenny Brown is the new chair of Million Dollar Roundtable Australia. After more than two years in the role, Adam McCann announced he ...

Fatigue and profit-based incentives driving risk culture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Unreasonable levels of work and a need for greater automation of processes could be to blame for heightened risk culture in the financial services sector, according to FINSIA. The industry body's analyses of a study conducted by Macquarie University ...

Westpac GM becomes PNG wealth group CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
Westpac's former general manager for South East Asia Pacific is now the chief executive of an ASX-listed Papa New Guinean bank and wealth management firm. Greg Pawson's appointment as Kina Securities' chief executive was announced as part of Kina's ...

Veteran WTW investments head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Willis Towers Watson's head of investments for Asia-Pacific will leave the company after 23 years, and a successor has been appointed. Naomi Denning originally joined WTW in 1994. She also worked as an asset consultant at Mercer for five years, and ...

Value investors facing short-term headwinds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
Value investors are facing a number of challenges in the short-term, particularly during reporting season where they have to be more discerning about the quality of earnings reported. Perennial Value Management managing director John Murray said stocks ...

Kathy Havers from Catalyst wins Future2 award second-year running

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A financial planner from Melbourne has taken out the Financial Planning Association of Australia's 2016 Future2 community service award for the second time. Kathy Havers of Catalyst Financial Group was presented with the award at the annual Future2 ...

Pharmaceuticals and tires top new Thomson Reuters diversity index

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
Roche Holding AG and the Michelin Group have topped Thomson Reuters' Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) index. The new index ranks the top 100 publicly-traded companies worldwide across 24 metrics to determine their diversity and inclusivity. The metrics ...

Senior staff changes at RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
The Reserve Bank of Australia is restructuring, seeing a number of internal moves and one retirement. Current assistant governor, economic, Christopher Kent has been appointed assistant governor, financial markets; a role made vacant following Guy Debelle's ...

Automated retirement product gains recognition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's automated retirement income solution has been recognised as an innovative product by the country's business community. Australian Catholic Super's RetireSmart account-based pension was a winner ...

Focus on older men will kill financial planning

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
The over-representation of over-50 men in financial advice spells doom for the industry, according to Affinia head Marcus O'Sullivan. Commenting on a panel at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, O'Sullivan said the severe lack of diversity in ...