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Legg Mason affiliate appoints executives

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
Global fixed-income manager Western Asset has appointed a head of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) client service and marketing. Michael Dale has been named head of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) client service and marketing, and the head of its Singapore office. Formerly ...

Global manager hires from Magellan

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
An international manager with a growing local footprint has hired a Magellan business development manager as its wholesale distribution lead. GQG Partners appointed Daniel Bullock as director of wholesale markets Australia. Bullock was most recently ...

Pendal Group appoints international business lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
Pendal Group announced the appointment of a chief executive for its J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) operations in the UK, Europe and Asia. Alexandra Altinger will head up UK, Europe and Asia operations for JOHCM. Altinger was previously chief ...

MetLife expands retail distribution team

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
MetLife Australia has announced two key appointments to its retail distribution team, recruiting from MLC Life and AMP. Former MLC Life head of product John Ashton has been appointed head of retail product, managing product strategy and strengthening ...

ASIC moves to ban direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... the unsolicited telephone sales of life and consumer credit insurance. Consultation is open for ASIC's proposal to ban the sale of direct life and consumer credit insurance by unsolicited phone calls, in a move the corporate regulator believes will prevent ...

NEOS grows sales teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
NEOS Life has established its footprint in the South Australian market with two new hires. Andrew Bridgland joined NEOS in July as a business development manager, representing South Australia and Northern Territory. He was most recently at Asteron ...

Paradice hires from Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
Paradice Investment Management has added to its distribution team with a hire from Pengana Capital, as it launches a new fund. Dan McAleer is Paradice's new distribution manager based in Melbourne. He has 12 years of experience and was in a similar ...

Nomura ordered to pay back US $25m

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
The giant's securities business has been ordered to pay back US $25 million to clients misled by its bond traders, in an enforcement action by the US corporate regulator. Many of Nomura's bond traders made false and misleading statements to customers ...

AMP Life sale blocked

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
AMP has confirmed the sale of its life insurance business to Resolution Life is highly unlikely to go ahead. The institution said the sale of AMP Life is highly unlikely to proceed on the current terms do to challenges in meeting the condition precedent ...

ASIC slams consumer credit failures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
ASIC's review of the sale of consumer credit insurance has lambasted the sector for consistently failing consumers in the design and sale of products. According to ASIC report 622, CCI products are being promoted and sold to customers unfairly, and ...