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Allianz Retire+ strengthens distribution team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... experience to the role. Meanwhile, Natalie Philips joined in March as NSW state manager. Philips was previously a business development manager at Challenger and joins with over 13 years of experience. Allianz Australia Life Insurance chief executive ...

Martin Fahy to step down as ASFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... advocacy and has driven capability uplift across the sector through its research, thought leadership, professional development, and related activities," Dransfield concluded.

Brookfield looks to enter local BTR space

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
Brookfield is planning its first Australian build-to-rent project, lodging a development application for a site in Brisbane. The project, to be built at Portside Wharf, includes 560 apartments of varying size just six kilometres out of the Brisbane ...

BT names distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... distribution team of 70 and growing BT Panorama. He also focuses on supporting advisers by way of helping provide practice development, and regulatory and technical education events. Brown succeeds Chris Mather, who spent about 15 years at BT, to join ...

Betashares previews NZ PIE fund offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... services Vinnie Wadhera. The firm will also launch new support services for NZ financial advisers. including practice development service modules. "Betashares is proud to be making a range of innovative investment strategies available to NZ-based investors ...

Atrium hires abrdn wholesale lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... Management. She joined the asset manager as a graduate business analyst in 2011 before being promoted to business development adviser and finally a director last year. In 2017, Mitchell did a stint on the Financial Services Council committee. Atrium ...

Vanguard restructures retail unit, creates executive roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... will move on as acting head of financial adviser services (FAS), leading distribution, adviser proposition and the development of the adviser direct platform. Curt Jacques will lead a new division as head of product offer. He is currently the head of ...

Cbus eyes big deals in new investment blueprint

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... activities such as internal strategies, external manager renegotiations, and asset allocation refinements; and the development of strong technology, risk, and operational capabilities," Fok said. Leveraging its current team to unearth value, Cbus plans ...

Sales-oriented fear stunts expansion goals: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... likely to have no process (20%) or an informal process (57%) in place for actioning on prospect leads. "New business development remains a perennial challenge for many financial advisers," Janus Henderson head of specialist consulting group Matt Sommer ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... Zero Authority that will not only create standards for net-zero investment initiatives, but also will coordinate the development of a clean energy economy and seek to ensure the investment opportunities that flow from this will be shared across industry ...