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Global manager's Aussie distribution head retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... of client satisfaction over the years thanks to Murray's thoughtful and effective approach to client service." In October, T.Rowe Price hired Allianz Retire+'s head of consultants and research Cassandra Crowe as its new head of consultants for ...

Industry fund strengthens board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... regulators," Loades said. Bels is the latest in a string of changes to the fund's leadership, with Loades welcomed to the fold in October, just prior to the fund's appointment of chief executive Phil Stockwell. The fund amended its constitution in June ...

Latitude Financial joins banks on AFCA complaints list

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... snapshot of AFCA's first twelve months, the authority received 73,272 complaints, of which 77% had been resolved by 31 October 2019. During these 12 months, 17% of licensee members had a complaint lodged against them. Banks received 25,826 complaints ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... the month of November. This is more than double market expectations for a 0.4% increase and follows increases of 0.1% in October and 0.2% in September. According to Ben James, director of Quarterly Economy Wide Surveys at the ABS: "We have seen strong ...

VFMC chief risk officer to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... contribution to VFMC over the last six years and wished her every success in her new role. She has served in the role since October 2013, having joined from Hastings Funds Management where she was director, head of risk and compliance for five years. ...

Janus Henderson shuts down Aussie fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... global emerging market equities fund, returning capital to investors. The Australian fund was officially terminated on October 31 and the windup concluded a month after. Final payments to investors were made on 2 December 2019, a local spokesperson for ...

Industry fund ups fees ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... the group insurer for MTAA; it is also the group insurer for Tasplan - the $10 billion fund that MTAA will merge with in October this year. Members were told that MTAA and Tasplan will be working together to create an insurance offering that meets the ...

Industry funds dominate satisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... comes as Tasplan prepares to merge with MTAA Super, having confirmed in November 2019 that a merger would go ahead in October 2020. With MTAA Super serving as the successor fund, Tasplan's chief executive Wayne Davy will depart once the merger has completed. ...

Ellerston hires from Colonial First State

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... the form of an active ETF or an exchange-traded fund, after facing backlash from prominent investor David Kingston. In October last year, Ellerston bid farewell to its investor relations lead who left for Bell Asset Management. Melissa Ridley joined ...

Advice group partners with new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... million, well shy of the $6.8 million that was expected. The platform also brought in more than $16 million in revenue. In October, Powerwrap welcomed a new director to its board in Fiona Boyd. She replaced Donna Hardman who stepped down for personal ...