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Managed accounts provider hires executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
A former general manager of MLC's platform business is joining an ASX-listed managed accounts provider. Bruce Hawkins joins Managed Accounts Holdings (managedaccounts.com.au or MGP) as chief financial officer. Melbourne-based Hawkins was most recently ...

Financial Standard names editor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
Financial Standard will welcome a new editor following the acquisition of Money magazine. Senior journalist Jamie Williamson will move into the top job on 25 March, succeeding Darren Snyder who has been appointed managing editor of Money. Williamson ...

Rainmaker Group acquires Money magazine

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... flagship Financial Standard. Rainmaker founder and managing director Christopher Page said: "This is our first major acquisition since our media division, Financial Standard, was established in 2003. While we have steadily built our business in trade ...

Westpac exits personal advice, restructures leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... bank was in talks with Viridian to sell its in-house planners. Viridian chief executive Glenn Calder described the acquisition as exciting for Viridian staff, clients and shareholders, saying it sets the firm up for strong growth where industry focus ...

AMP Capital scores AFL stadium interest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... maintaining Optus Stadium, the new home of AFL clubs Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles. AMP Capital said the acquisition - which closed this month - was on behalf of investors in its Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF), which invests in high-yield ...

Grandfathered commissions ban unconstitutional: Association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... ban particular remuneration structures can only operate prospectively, due to constitutional restrictions concerning acquisition of property." The constitutional restrictions have not changed since then, and the FoFA reforms explicitly preserve pre-existing ...

TAL hires former Rest executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... three years. Prior to Rest, he held senior roles at NAB Asset Management, MLC and Accenture. TAL also announced its acquisition of Suncorp Life finalised overnight. Suncorp flagged in August 2018 it will sell its life insurance arm for $725 million. ...

Advice firm hires chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... last financial year which is 11% higher than FY17. Underlying NPAT was down 25% to $2.2 million, impacted by one-off acquisition costs and investment in infrastructure and services.

Midwinter appoints new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
Jeffrey Hall has been appointed as Midwinter chief executive, joining the company after about seven years as a director in EY's wealth and asset management arm. Midwinter said Hall's appointment followed an active search for additional "executive presence" ...

Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... the top 10 fintech deals in Asia. Manly-based Avoka, which helps financial institutions digitally transform customer acquisition and on-boarding, was acquired by Temenos last December for US$245 million. Ant Financial, formerly known as Alipay, topped ...