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Two Ensombl senior leaders exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... head of growth for nearly two years. Before Ensombl, Visser was a strategy specialist at Zurich, business development manager at Macquarie Group and spent some years at AIA Australia and OnePath. Jenkins joined as community and operations manager in ...

Pacific Equity Partners adds four to local team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... Morgan and worked as an economics teacher before joining BCG, while Albert has experience working for an infrastructure manager and with Boutique Wealth Australia. Finally, Laura Leeson was named analyst in the private equity team. She was previously ...

IFPA chief executive to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... Australia (IFPA) has stepped down. Ky Wilson was named IFPA chief executive in July last year after serving as acting general manager for about eight months. She first joined the association in 2021 as head of marketing and membership ahead of its decision ...

Advice book valuations stagnate despite demand

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... $100,000 or more depending on the authorisations attached. It also noted that some buyers are insisting the Responsible Manager (RM) of the AFSL remain in place after settlement for up to three months. If it is required long-term by the new owner, the ...

NGS Super awards mandate to Milliman FRM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
NGS Super has named Milliman Financial Risk Management (FRM) as its new implementation manager. NGS Super senior portfolio manager for alternatives Carson Drummond said the partnership improves flexibility and efficiency in the fund's internal tactical ...

JBWere makes senior advice hires

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... JBWere following several years in Morgan Stanley's wealth management division as an executive director and NSW state manager. He's also previously spent over eight years at Perpetual and worked in NAB's banking team. Meantime, former Saxo ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... this year as firms need to set "realistic expectations". Being selective For Australian Retirement Trust (ART) general manager, growth assets Elizabeth Kumaru, realistic expectations and ensuring the best possible outcomes for members must be the driving ...

Insignia Financial shareholders approve takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... Scott Hartley said. The decision to vote in favour of the Scheme comes after what became a bidding war for the wealth manager which resulted in it receiving eight non-binding indicative proposals from CC Capital, Bain Capital and Brookfield Capital Partners. ...

Spheria launches active ETF for small caps fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... flows", constructed with the firm's bottom-up fundamental analysis. Commenting, Spheria co-founder and co-portfolio manager Marcus Burns described the appeal of the asset class. "Small caps can be the most lucrative part of the Australian share market ...

Australia is 'laissez-faire' on eligibility for semi-liquid investments: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... LITs are particularly differentiated in how they enable liquidity. Due to the closed-ended structure, once launched, the manager is no longer involved in facilitating applications or redemptions; in short, LITs are liquid and cannot be gated. "A positive ...