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Quantifeed eyes Australian expansion with $13.5m raising

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
The fintech is looking to expand its B2B robo-advice business in Australia as a part of a $13.5 million venture capital raising announced today. The series B funding was led by Taiwanese giant Cathay Financial Holdings, with participation from US-based ...

BT Financial Advice cuts grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
BT Financial Advice is scrapping grandfathered commissions, effective October 2018. Commissions for products sold by financial advisers across the Westpac, St.George, Bank of Melbourne and BankSA network will no longer be paid on BT products or those ...

NZ Super Fund appoints CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
The NZ$38 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund has confirmed its new chief executive after a global search for its next leader. Matt Whineray has been appointed chief executive of New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund, beginning July 1. Most recently ...

Priestley resigns from ASX, Future Fund boards

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
J.P. Morgan Australia non-executive chairman Robert Priestley has resigned from the boards of the Australian Securities Exchange and the Future Fund following the ACCC pursuing a criminal cartel conduct investigation. Announcing his decision, Priestley ...

AMP Capital appoints portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
A new portfolio manager will join AMP Capital's Sydney offices as a part of its global listed real estate team - the first of two appointments announced today. Anika Minocha will work as a portfolio manager/analyst. She has been chosen from AMP ...

UniSuper appoints executive manager from HESTA

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
A new executive manager, people services will join UniSuper in July. Julie Watkins joins the $66 billion super fund from HESTA, where she was people executive. Prior to that she was chief human resources officer at AIA, global talent director at Treasury ...

Advice group strengthens leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
A boutique financial advice group appointed three senior leaders to further support its growing adviser network, including a newly-created head of adviser experience role. In announcing the hires, Fitzpatricks Group said the appointments will significantly ...

Former Suncorp executive joins MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
MetLife Australia has appointed a former Suncorp executive as its chief strategy and customer officer. Gerard McDermott will lead the strategy, project management office, customer, digital, marketing, and data functions effective immediately. He reports ...

Adviser performance data vital to remuneration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
In-depth communication of business performance data in financial advice practices can play a key role in motivating team members and the creation of remuneration packages, latest research shows. The inaugural Adviser Remuneration Report from Elixir ...

TAL bolsters senior leadership

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
TAL is boosting its group life insurance business with the addition of two senior leaders to the team. Joseph Daley is now general manager of pricing and will be responsible for developing group pricing models in partnership with superannuation funds. ...