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JCP appoints executive chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
JCP Investment Partners has appointed a former TCorp general manager of investments to chair its board as a part of its management transition. Mark O'Brien replaces the incumbent (interim) chair Richard Balderstone, starting October 1. O'Brien will ...

Hagger to depart NAB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
National Australia Bank has announced Andrew Hagger will leave the bank at the end of the month and will be replaced by Mike Baird. As part of a raft of changes to the institution's executive leadership team, Hagger - as chief customer officer of consumer ...

WAM Capital commences LIC takeover bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
WAM Capital has opened a month-long offer to shareholders of a LIC that it wants to take over, with bidder's statements distributed yesterday. Last month WAM Capital said it would attempt to take over a listed invested Wealth Defender Equities (WDE) ...

Chief economist update: Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
Yesterday's European Central Bank's (ECB) Governing Council meeting would have been a big ho-hum were it not for some minor, albeit significant, tweaks in the bank's outlook. As expected, the ECB left interest rates unchanged - the benchmark ...

IOOF offloads corporate trust business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
IOOF has sold its Australian Executor Trustees (AET) corporate trust business while retaining the AET private trust business, as it moves further in the direction of being an advice-led organisation. The buyer is financial services technology and infrastructure ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
The boutique launched by former Macquarie stock pickers under Pinnacle's banner in May is set to kick off an initial public offer, raising up to $304.5 million for an absolute return LIC. Firetrail Investments lodged a prospectus with ASIC on Tuesday ...

BT Financial Group proposes advice restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
BT Financial Group is reviewing its business model for salaried financial advisers, with plans to discontinue the Virtual Advice offering - resulting in significant redundancies. BT Financial Advice has proposed the scrapping of its virtual advice initiative ...

CBA research lead heads to Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
Commonwealth Bank's executive manager of research has resigned to take up a role at Morningstar, the two companies confirmed. After 11 years in the role, Aman Ramrakha will now join Morningstar as director, manager research ratings APAC. He will ...

UK adviser competency to be re-evaluated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Financial advisers in the UK are facing similar challenges to their Australian counterparts, with the Financial Conduct Authority introducing a new assessment aimed at raising standards and competence. The FCA has partnered with the Chartered Insurance ...

Integrity Life expands senior team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
Integrity Life continues its expansion trajectory with the appointment of two senior roles and a non-executive director. Integrity announced Mark McCrea is the new operations manager and Jacqueline Little takes on the head of product role. Joining from ...