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AGL abandons demerger, leadership resigns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... announced the company would withdraw its proposal to split the energy provider into two separate businesses - AGL Australia (retail business) and Accel Energy (coal and gas-fired power plants.) The decision was made due to a lack of confidence that a ...

EQT reveals most popular fund launches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... Trustees has found that the most popular recent fund launches are in global equities, but there is also strong growth in retail and ESG themed funds. The 100 body of research developed by Equity Trustees has shown that 34% of funds brought to market ...

Generation Life launches retirement income product

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... complete automation from web to back-end books of records, providing a flexible, scalable, and innovative market solution." Retail wealth product owner at GBST Ashley Boland said Composer has a long history of being able to support complex and varied ...

Challenger restructures for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... resources. In that time, she has also held the roles of chief executive, distribution, product and marketing and acting head of retail distribution. Thanking Murphy for her tenure, Hamilton said: "She has delivered great outcomes for both our customers ...

Trust in financial services jumps: CFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... investors with a high or very high level of trust in financial services rose to 86%, up from 65% in 2020. Likewise, for retail investors trust levels jumped to 60% from 46% in 2020. Notably, Australia placed in the top three countries worldwide for trust ...

Remembering Steve Williams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
... ClearBridge's head of intermediary sales for more than 11 years, and also held the role of regional manager and co-head of retail distribution over the years. Williams is well regarded in the financial adviser community, having worked in the space ...

Atrium adds national sales manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
... Atrium's Risk Targeted approach and how it can benefit client portfolios." Recently, Wayne McGauley, the longstanding head of retail at Investors Mutual is also departing the firm citing the need for change. This story first appeared in Industry ...

Schroders private wealth sales lead in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... high-net-worth individuals, super funds and other large institutions. At HMC, Boyd will be focused on growing the group's retail distribution capability. He will join in June. HMC has made several noteworthy hires recently, including appointing former ...

NFP funds dominate retiree super: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
The world of retiree super - traditionally the domain of retail funds - is now overwhelmingly controlled by the not-for-profit sector, new research shows. About 60% of all retiree superannuation savings is now held in NFP funds, Rainmaker analysis of ...

Woolworths scraps AMP super mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
... Capital's real estate and infrastructure equity businesses have enabled an increased focus on the growth of AMP's retail banking and wealth businesses. "We have set AMP up for a strong and sustainable future, with a clear strategy to grow AMP ...