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Former BT executive to head advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
BT Financial Group's former head of licensee development and BT Group Licensees is the new chief executive of a boutique advice licensee. Annick Donat has joined Madison Financial Group after resigning from BT in December 2016, having spent six years ...

Life insurance industry rebuts need for greater reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
Some of the financial services industry's biggest players fronted the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into life insurance on Friday. Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane faced the panel first, telling the Committee that any further ...

ICG boosts energy trust with wind farm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
Infrastructure Capital Group added a Victorian wind farm to its $1.2 billion Energy Infrastructure Trust. The Bald Hills Wind Farm was purchased from Mitsui & Co (Australia), the wholly-owned Australian subsidiary of one of Japan's largest general trading ...

Hostplus commits further to Australian VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
Hostplus has now invested more than $350 million in Australian venture capital initiatives, having made a significant investment in a seed-stage VC firm recently. Hostplus invested $85 million in Artesian, which provides a pre-screened funnel for more ...

BT Panorama adds super and insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
Investors in BT Financial Group's Panorama platform will now be able to integrate their superannuation and life insurance arrangements. Advisers using BT Panorama can now seamlessly move clients from accumulation to pension phase; track contributions ...

Awareness of sustainable investing grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Almost one in five Australians believe it is extremely important for their investments to be in sustainable companies. This is a key finding of the fifth annual BT Australian Financial Health Index, demonstrating the conscious considerations Australian ...

Padua founder takes on new role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
The founder of Padua Financial Group is returning to take on a leadership role at the advice-focused fintech group he co-founded in 2013. Matt Esler is returning as Padua Financial Group's executive chair after co-founding the company in 2013 with his ...

Former BTFG executive named as TGG chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
The chair of the Templeton Global Growth Fund board of directors has stepped down, with the fund naming his successor and an additional board member. Following five years in the role, James Killen has retired effective today and the TGG directors have ...

Blue Sky expands board with new directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
A former Perpetual group executive has taken on a directorship with Blue Sky Alternative Investments. Michael Gordon has been appointed as an independent, non-executive director, bringing with him more than 30 years' financial services experience across ...

Magellan COO departs for family office job

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Magellan Financial Group's chief operating officer, one of the firm's first employees, left the firm in January. Nerida Campbell joined Magellan in 2006. She has also been Magellan's chief financial officer, company secretary and director. Before Magellan ...