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AMP names super, investments lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
AMP has appointed a former BT Financial Group executive to its ranks to lead its superannuation, master trust, and investments unit. Melinda Howes will take on the role of group executive for superannuation and investments from 29 January 2024, leading ...

abrdn's Brett Jollie lands new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Former abrdn Australia chief executive Brett Jollie has landed a new role at a specialist investment and wealth management consultancy. Jollie has joined the leadership team at KONU, founded by former State Street operating chief Paul Toepfer and former ...

ASIC bans former PwC partner over tax scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Disgraced former PwC head of international tax Peter-John Collins has been banned from providing financial services or controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business for eight years. At the start of the year, Collins was barred ...

Inflation data not encouraging: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has repeated the commitment to reducing inflation to 2% and maintaining a restrictive policy until this goal is reached. In a speech on Thursday, Powell told the Economic Club of New York that the September inflation ...

Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... Sydney (UTS), and the University of Melbourne discovered that the founder's personality differs significantly from the rest of the population and is critical to the success of the company. The researchers correlated founders' personality profiles ...

AIA restructures retail insurance unit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
AIA Australia's retail insurance division has a new structure, with underwriting, new business administration, and distribution capabilities now combined. The life insurer said the change will unite the key touchpoints in the retail-advised purchasing ...

Selfwealth ditches Stake takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
Selfwealth has rejected a takeover proposal from competitor trading platform Stake and its offer of 17.5c per share. The ASX-listed trading platform said that after careful assessment, "Stake's incomplete and conditional proposal did not offer appropriate ...

Link shakes up board, names super industry veteran

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
Link Group will reduce the number of positions on its board and has appointed a superannuation industry veteran to refresh the line-up to reflect massive changes to its business model. Mark Lennon joins the ASX-listed firm as an independent non-executive ...

Escala loses bid to restrain former executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
Escala Partners failed in its bid to restrain two former senior executives who moved to LGT Crestone Wealth Management from working in financial services and soliciting clients. The Supreme Court of Victoria rejected Escala's application for interlocutory ...

AustralianSuper merges real assets functions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
The superannuation giant has made a raft of fresh appointments as it restructures its infrastructure and property investment teams, including naming a head of global real assets. AustralianSuper is going to combine its infrastructure and property teams ...