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CountPlus firm finalises acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
CountPlus member firm Unite Advisory has finalised the terms to acquire and merge with Coffs Harbour based advisory firm Bentley Brett & Vincent. The transaction includes an initial payment of $1.45 million and deferred payments over two years with ...

Legalsuper adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
A former president of the Victorian Bar Council is joining the board of legalsuper as a long-serving director departs. James Peters is joining the $4.7 billion super fund, replacing Phil Kennon who served on the board for 12 years before retiring last ...

Preqin expands local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
The alternatives research house has hired two on its Australian team, as it looks to expand its local data coverage. Mery Apolloni has joined as a senior research associate from S&P Global Market Intelligence and Tanzila Awrna has joined as a research ...

Sovereign wealth fund nabs AMP Capital talent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
GIC Private, the sovereign wealth fund for Singapore, has hired former AMP Capital portfolio manager Nader Naeimi. Naeimi started with GIC, formerly known as the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, on Monday. Naeimi is now senior vice president ...

Mirae appoints local chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
The $280 billion Korean asset manager has appointed the former chief executive of ETF Securities to lead its Australian office and a former Coolabah executive to head operations. Kris Walesby has joined as chief executive for Australia and Oliver Reynolds ...

Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
The chief executive of Australia's biggest superannuation fund AustralianSuper will step down before the end of the year. Having led the fund since its creation on 1 July 2006, Ian Silk is set to leave the super fund at the end of this year. Chief ...

Significant drop in charitable giving

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
According to the inaugural JBWere NAB Charitable Giving Index, Australians are giving less - possibly due to the pandemic. The dramatic fall in giving led to an overall decrease in donations by 16% in the six months to December 2020, taking giving back ...

New shareholder at Challenger

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
Will Vicars' Caledonia has sold its 15% stake in annuities giant Challenger to Athene Holding Limited and Apollo Global Management. Athene and Apollo, which are set to merge, now own 18% or $720 million of Challenger shares. Of this, 3% is subject ...

FYG expands network

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
Tasmania-based FYG Planners has added a Victorian financial advice firm to its stable. Based in Chadstone, Prosperity Planners now operates under licensee FYG. Christopher Bailey, co-founder and financial planner, set up Prosperity in May and prior ...

Vision Super appoints new chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
The $12.2 billion industry super fund Vision Super has appointed its first female chair. Lisa Darmanin stepped into the role at the start of the new financial year, replacing Geoff Lake after his three-year term was completed. She has been a director ...