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Forum: Do managed accounts measure up?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
Leading financial advisers, consultants and platforms will gather at a forum this Thursday to discuss the merits of managed accounts, how they have performed during COVID-19 and how to implement ESG advice within a managed account. Among the forum's ...

AMP Capital retains management of AWOF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
AMP Capital will continue to act as trustee and manager of the Wholesale Office Fund, its parent firm announced today. AMP said that the decision made by the trustee board of the AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund (AWOF) is in the best interest of unitholders ...

Women advisers drop to 21%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
The number of women working in the financial advice industry has dropped to 21% compared to 25% two years ago. Rainmaker's modelling of the September ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows that only one in five financial advisers out of the total pool ...

Janus Henderson chief to retire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
The ASX-listed US$419 billion investment manager announced its chief executive is retiring early next year. Dick Weil joined Janus Capital Group as chief executive in 2010 and was instrumental in executing the merger with Henderson Group. It is understood ...

Easton to rebrand, seeks to scale

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
Easton Investments is proposing to rebrand as it looks to "major opportunities" next year in a bid to scale. The ASX-listed firm plans to change its name from Easton Investments to Diverger as the former "no longer reflects the activities, strategic ...

Industry fund investments chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
LGIAsuper's chief investment officer is set to exit at the end of the year, with the fund confirming it is overhauling its investment team. Troy Rieck will leave LGIAsuper at the end of the year, following about two years with the fund. Confirming ...

More mergers, minimal awareness: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
While there was more merger activity in the 12 months to October than any previous year, about 80% of members in merged superannuation funds weren't even aware their fund had merged. According to KPMG's Superannuation Transformation & Consolidation ...

CountPlus reappoints chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
CountPlus Limited has announced the reappointment of Matthew Rowe as chief executive and managing director The announcement was made yesterday at the annual general meeting of CountPlus Limited (CountPlus) shareholders, where chair Ray Kellerman confirmed ...

APRA moves to force EISS Super merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Protecting members' best interests, APRA has imposed additional conditions on EISS Super's licence - including that it must merge with a larger fund by the middle of next year. The move follows APRA's investigation into expenditure and governance ...

QIC names Frawley's successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
Following a global executive search, QIC has named its new chief as the incumbent steps down next year. Lendlease group head of investments Kylie Rampa will commence as QIC's chief executive in April 2022 as Damien Frawley caps off 10 years with ...