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Regal farewells co-founder in board makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... Honey is a former partner of McGrathNicol and KPMG Australia. Meanwhile, Gibson brings extensive experience in the alternative asset management industry as an investor, adviser and as founder and director of boutique alternative asset fund manager, Attunga ...

First State Super appoints head of investment strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... responsibility for investment strategy and asset allocation, as well as having sector coverage responsibility for the alternative asset classes. Prior to that, he was a research analyst at Macquarie. This news follows First State Super awarding a large ...

Grant Samuel adds retail distribution role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management recruited a former Fidante Partners business development manager for a newly created role. Stephen Higgins will take on the new role of key account manager in GSFM's NSW retail sales team, focusing on its IFA, private bank ...

Alternatives manager makes senior Australian hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A global alternatives investment manager is welcoming a senior appointment to its Sydney office, bringing an industry expert back to his home market. Joining as a member at KKR from early 2018 will be David Lang. He joins from Pamplona Capital Management ...

Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Extreme market conditions are forcing most advisers to reassess client portfolios and consider alternative investment options, latest survey data reveals. About two-thirds (63%) of 200 financial advisers canvassed in Russell Investments' Australian ...

Government names new ASIC chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... and good appointment which Labor welcomes," Bowen added. Bowen had previously sharply criticised the Government's alternative nominee, Credit Suisse chair John O'Sullivan. Reiterating his position that this would have been an "inappropriate appointment," ...

ANZ splits OnePath businesses, revamps life insurance team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... for the customers and for the shareholders that we separate the superannuation and insurance businesses and look for alternative outcomes for both of those. And today we announced IOOF [a big player in super and advice] is the best outcome for our customers ...

Women underrepresented in funds management: research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
Women comprise only 20% of the global alternative assets funds management industry, research from Preqin shows. The proportion declines according to seniority with women making up 29% of junior alternative assets staff, 23% of mid-level staff and 11% ...

Mastering education skillsets will be long-term: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Findings from the Association of Financial Advisers' latest white paper may have significant implications on the incoming adviser education standards. Research supporting the association's 'A new advice competency framework' white paper shows that because ...

Accessing financial wellbeing: The power of general advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... discuss how smart advisers are utilising robo-advice technology for the benefit of their clients rather than as an alternative to traditional advice models. Noall & Co. recently sat down with FS Advice to discuss how they feel future advice businesses ...