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FPA policy and advocacy lead steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's general manager of policy and advocacy will step down after seven years with the organisation. Ben Marshan joined the FPA in 2015 as a manager for professional standards and advocacy and moved into several ...

Diverse investment teams fare better: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... managers have a formal DEI strategy, while senior leadership is accountable for DEI at 83% of managers. Only 25% of firms link DEI to the remuneration of their top executives. WTW also said there is no meaningful relationship between firm size and greater ...

In need of repair: Gender stereotypes and advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
If a male and female customer, each experiencing the same car troubles, take their vehicles for repairs to the same mechanic, who is more likely to get ripped off? That a woman will end up paying more is a tired cliché that continues to play out in ...

TIP Group to acquire advice firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Teaminvest Private Group (TIP) has announced its plan to acquire financial advice firm Enva Group for up to $2.5 million. It explained the boutique financial adviser has approximately $400 million of funds under advice (FUA) and will add strategic value ...

Focus Financial acquired by PE firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... Connectus also owns several local firms, including Aspiri Financial Services Group, Brady & Associates, George Ferizis Group, Link Financial Services Group, the Westwood Group. Focus founder and chief executive Rudy Adolf said: "This transaction represents ...

Blue Orbit operations chief resigns

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
Blue Orbit Asset Management has lost its operating chief with the departure of Lewis Bearman who will now take a break from executive roles. Bearman joined Blue Orbit almost three years ago jumping from Prodigy Investment Partners, where he carried ...

Link Group secures mandate renewal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
Marking more than three decades in partnership, Rest has flagged it will likely extend its mandate with Link Group, under a new agreement that includes the creation of a joint digital innovation team. Link has been providing administration and other ...

Advice group convicted of hawking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
National Advice Solutions was convicted in a Queensland court for cold-calling consumers and trying to convince them to switch their super fund, copping a $70,000 fine. National Advice Solutions' AFSL was cancelled in December and its two responsible ...

Link due to settle defunct Woodford fund with FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
Link Group flagged it is in "advanced confidential discussions" with the UK's financial markets regulator to settle its investigation against the failed Woodford Equity Income Fund. The case has dragged on since 2019, when fundie Mark Woodford went ...

Allianz Retire+ launches new retirement income solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
Allianz Retire+ has launched its new retirement income product, designed to enhance the provision of retirement planning for advisers. Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE), available in early March, is a next-generation retirement solution delivering ...