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Advice fintech reshuffles leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... director Mark Fisher will hand over leadership of the software developer to global head of productivity and optimisation George Jaja for a period of several months. Jaja will take on the role of acting chief executive while Fisher recovers from surgery. ...

ANZ sells NZ life insurance business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... wealth products from one of the world's leading and most respected global insurers," ANZ deputy chief executive Alexis George said at the time. "Zurich's experience in working with banks around the world to provide insurance solutions, combined ...

Only 17pct of Aussie families seek advice: St.George

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
Latest research from St.George Bank highlights only 17% of Australian households seek financial advice. The bank's research also said 70% of parents taught themselves how to budget, however 43% did say there was some prior learning from their parents. ...

Spaceship beefs up senior management

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... about 27 years of experience in senior management roles at Westpac, GE Capital and Bankers Trust. He has worked as St George Bank's chief operating officer. The fund has also tapped in former APRA executive general manager Sarah Goodman as a board observer. ...

Contango LIC slashes cash allocation after acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... March, after acting as the chief executive since October 2017 when then managing director and chief investment officer George Boubouras stepped down. In its April 30 market update, CIE said the fund's cash weighting was about 13%. CIE is a close-ended ...

ANZ appoints two senior executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... after ANZ's deputy chief executive Graham Hodges announced retirement following 27 years of service with the bank. Alexis George will now serve in the deputy chief executive role, in addition to her current role as the ANZ Wealth Australia's group executive. ...

SSGA boosts SPDR distribution team

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... State and was a national account manager at Russell Investments. She has also held roles at ING Australia, HSBC and St George Bank. The second appointment is Sinead Schaffer, who joins as a business development consultant. Before this role, she was a ...

Whitehelm Capital acquires AGL assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... investment consultant. It is understood the super fund's previous investment consultant was Mercer. Combined Super chairman George Kogios said: "[We selected] them on the basis of their boutique model of providing highly bespoke and customised service ...

Westpac obscured bad adviser reference check

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... the regulator but with another licensee he was joining. Smith commenced as a financial adviser with Westpac subsidiary St George Financial Planning in May 2007. He displayed inappropriate conduct on several occasions that warranted a number of audits ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Day 4 and 5)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... Westpac refused to give Dover a reference check on an adviser who was audited several times during his eight years at St George Financial Planning. Dover currently employs the adviser. Wright thinks insurance should still be excluded from potential grandfathering ...