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MLC appoints retail insurance sales GM from BT Life

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
MLC has appointed a new general manager of retail advised insurance sales. Russell Hannah joins MLC from BT Life, where he led the group's specialist insurance sales team, having been acting head of sales - retail wealth products at MLC before that. ...

AMP Capital appoints NZ fixed income head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
AMP Capital has appointed a new co-head of New Zealand fixed income. Vicky Hyde-Smith has been a part of the AMP Capital New Zealand team since 2001, joining as a fixed income analyst. Prior to that, she was on the proprietary trading team at Sumitomo ...

OneVue announces $177m merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
OneVue has entered into a scheme implementation deed to merge with a major provider of superannuation trustee, administration and investment services. Under the terms of the scheme, which is supported by the boards of both companies, OneVue will acquire ...

Decimal appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Listed robo-advice provider Decimal Software has appointed a new chair. Mark Potts is currently chief technology officer, corporate strategy at Hewlett-Packard. He has held other roles at HP, including vice president, portfolio strategy - HP software ...

Aspen Group CEO, CFO and chair depart in restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
The chief executive, chief financial officer and chair of listed property investment firm Aspen Group will leave the company following a planned management restructure. In an ASX statement, Aspen's board said that the group's strategy "can best be pursued ...

FinTech Australia appoints CEO from Fairfax

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
Fintech association FinTech Australia has appointed a new chief executive. Danielle Szetho joins FinTech Australia from FairFax Media, where she was banking and finance industry head. She held multiple other roles at Fairfax, including head of data ...

Centrepoint debuts brand realignment

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Centrepoint Alliance has restructured its multiple businesses under the Centrepoint brand. In addition to providing access to sub-businesses through a single Centrepoint website, Associated Advisory Practices will be renamed Centrepoint Alliance Licensee ...

AstuteWheel launches one-hour estate planning

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Adviser platform AstuteWheel has launched its Astute Estate Planner service, which enables rapid implementation of the estate planning process. Specifically, the tool allows planners to "facilitate" the development of an estate plan - on which they ...

ASIC issues first "best interests" duty penalty

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
ASIC has taken its first action against a licensee for breaching the FoFA "best interests" duty showing that the reforms have come of age. NSG Services, formerly National Sterling Group, is licensed to provide personal advice on risk insurance and superannuation ...

NAB responds to ASIC market manipulation allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
NAB has responded to ASIC commencing legal proceedings for the bank's alleged "unconscionable conduct and market manipulation." ASIC's concerns relate to the setting of the bank bill swap reference rate (BBSW) from 2010 to 2012; the regulator previously ...