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ClearView appoints head of life strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
ClearView Wealth has hired a former Zurich executive as its head of life strategy and transformation in a newly created role. Maria Falas was most recently Zurich Financial Services' head of mental health and wellness. She held the same role at ...

Midwinter hires chief commercial officer from AMP

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Bravura Solutions' advice technology division has hired a new chief commercial officer from AMP and announced that its chief operating officer has exited. Steve Davison joins Midwinter as chief commercial officer, finishing up at AMP after almost ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 causes double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
The Eurozone is back - back in recession, that is, dragged down into a double-dip by the coronavirus -- its resurgence (third time unlucky), its variants and the slow pace of vaccinations. Preliminary estimates released by Eurostat show the single-currency ...

Advice group chief executive exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
The chief executive of an ASX-listed financial advice group is set to leave the company. Angus Benbow has led Centrepoint Alliance since 2018. He will leave the company on May 28. Centrepoint did not ascribe a reason to the departure in its ASX filings. ...

Queensland advice firm joins Connectus

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
NASDAQ listed Focus Financial Partners has added a Queensland advice firm to its advice multi-boutique network Connectus. Aspiri Financial Services Group will join Connectus, which in December 2020 acquired S ydney's Brady & Associates Group, Melbourne's ...

Chief economist update: Low for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
Latest inflation figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) underscore both the Reserve Bank of Australia's prescience and governor Philip Lowe's expectation that the official cash rate will remain low until at least 2024. ...

Former AMP Capital managing director joins Ignition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
AMP Capital's managing director for Asia Pacific who left the firm late last year has joined Ignition Advice as its chief executive for Asia. The digital advice firm has tasked Craig Keary with growth in Asia, including China, Japan, Singapore and South ...

Go, iron ore, go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
Just a wittle more, a wittle more... Yes Virginia, just another US$12.71 per tonne (6.6%) and the spot price of iron ore will be line ball with the all-time high of US$191.70 a tonne it set way back a decade earlier (February 2011). For sure, there ...

CountPlus member firm to make acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group has announced its member firm Kidmans Partners Wealth is acquiring the financial advice services of another member firm. Kidmans will pay $290,000 to Colgin Financial Services with $150,000 paid on completion ...

Cboe Chi-X takeover progresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
Cboe's imminent takeover of challenger Chi-X is set to see the exchange gain significant scale. Chi-X chief executive Vic Jokovic said he would be staying on as chief executive after the acquisition. "We've signed. There'll be a deal in, I expect two ...