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Sentry Group appoints head of wealth solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Sentry Group has appointed a new head of wealth solutions. Karen Brown joins Sentry Group from Grant Samuel Funds Management, where she was state manager for Western Australia, having held the same role for Challenger prior to that. In her new role ...

Frontier appoints associate

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Asset consultant Frontier Advisors has hired a new associate, marking the tenth consulting team appointment in the past year and expanding the firm's staff to 54. Joining Frontier from 26 September is Madeline Chelper. She will be involved across a ...

Managed accounts to disrupt fund businesses to the tune of $60bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
The managed accounts industry is tipped to hit $60 billion by 2020, heavily disrupting traditional asset manager business models and driving the growth of financial advice groups, according to Morgan Stanley Research. In an extensive 75-page broker ...

Blue Sky founder departs, new MD appointed

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments managing director Mark Sowerby has announced his retirement and a successor has been appointed. From September 30, current Blue Sky chief operating officer Rob Shand will become managing director. Shand has been with ...

Flat markets impact IAG profit

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
IAG has reported a 14.1% fall in profit as the insurer juggles the impact of lower returns and adverse weather events. IAG reported its FY16 net profit after tax of $625 million down from $728 million in 2015. A loss the group attributes to "a significantly ...

Industry fund inks MetLife mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
An industry superannuation fund is ending its partnership with CommInsure after more than a decade, moving its group insurance to MetLife in the New Year. CareSuper will be working with MetLife to reshape the fund's existing insurance offering which ...

PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy believes it is within most people's means to better understand and engage with their superannuation. It is this mantra that will help shape the corporate super fund. Every time Michael Clancy steps off a Qantas ...

Legg Mason appoints head of Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
Legg Mason has appointed a new head of Australia. Andy Sowerby was previously executive director for sales, marketing and client service at Martin Currie, a position he held for 11 years. Prior to that, he was joint managing director at Investec Fund ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
ANZ job ads The "increased uncertainty following the close federal election on July 2 and the shock decision by the UK to leave the European Union on June 24" is how ANZ's head of Australian economics Felicity Emmett explained the sharp 0.8% drop in ...

UniSuper develops personalised retirement benchmark

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
UniSuper has developed a custom retirement adequacy index to gain a better understanding of how members are tracking towards their retirement goals. While superannuation funds have traditionally relied on the ASFA retirement standard to benchmark how ...