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Link, The Trust Bank progress acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... prior period. Link Group managing director Vivek Bhatia said: "Our business simplification strategy is now complete with the sales of our banking and credit management (BCM) business and fund solutions (FS) UK and Ireland business finalised." "We continue ...

Janus Henderson makes two senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
Janus Henderson Investors appointed a local head of retail research for Australia and hired a sales director from T. Rowe Price. Craig McDonald was promoted to the newly created role of head of retail research for Australia, having previously served ...

AMP reports boost in IFA flows, mulls advice unit options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... group's underlying NPAT was up 6.5% to $196 million. Statutory NPAT was $265 million, bolstered by $245 million following the sales of AMP Capital and SuperConcepts. "We have repositioned the portfolio with the completion of the AMP Capital sales ...

Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... this morning, Challenger's Life business recorded $5.3 billion in revenue, down 4% on the prior corresponding period. Sales for lifetime annuity, which includes Aware Super's annuity policy valued at $619 million, and Index Plus products hit ...

Barings builds out local team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... Australia, Greater China and Southeast Asia. Last August, the firm hired Aaron Thirukumar as director of Australian institutional sales. Both Thirukumar and Michael Gaffney, head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand, focus on institutional business ...

Vale Jason Milosevski

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... moved. He asked me to tell the BDMs that he is going to give them a kick in the pants from up there to make sure we hit our sales targets," Pillemer said. A flood of tributes to Milosevski on LinkedIn have recognised his passion for his work, his caring ...

Oaktree's local head of distribution resigns

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... banker, Penprase spent the next decade as an assistant vice president with Partners Group and director of institutional sales with Robeco. Oaktree declined to comment on Penprase's replacement, saying it does not comment on personnel changes. Separately ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... December, major news outlets reported that US President Joe Biden bypassed Congress twice to expedite emergency weapons sales to Israel. The most recent funding was for US$147.5 million for fuses, charges and prime, according to the Associated Press ...

Westpac loses Ausgrid rate swap case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... day the saw was executed, Westpac's trading desk achieved a profit of $20.7 million. Close to $ million was paid to the sales team as commission. The Federal Court declared the conduct was unconscionable, including because Westpac was aware the pre-hedging ...

Perennial Partners names institutional sales director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
Perennial Partners has appointed Abdul Elhage as an institutional sales director, hiring from BNP Paribas Asset Management where he had a similar role. Elhage has worked in the financial services industry for more than 20 years. Before joining Perennial ...