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AFA and Beddoes announce consumer choice award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers and the Beddoes Institute have announced the preliminary award winners of the 2016 Consumer Choice Awards. The awards are given to insurers rated by over 2,100 claimants and advised policyholders. The preliminary ...

MyPlanner streamlines back-office for 175 advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
MyPlanner has debuted its new end-to-end back-office solution for its network of 175 financial planners. Following a pilot program, the new system has been rolled out to the entire MyPlanner network: it provides statement of advice templates, document ...

Family office patriarchs need to know when to let go

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Family offices benefit in the long run when a leader learns how to transition over to the next generation, according to Mutual Trust client services director Brad Simmons. In an "open letter to the family patriarch," Simmons noted the difficulty some ...

Gardior appoints ANZ vet as new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Wholesale infrastructure investment manager Gardior has appointed a new director to its board. Ian Gillings joins Gardior as the representative of shareholder Australian Catholic Schools & Retirement Fund (ACSRF); he will also sit on the Gardior's utilities ...

MLC appoints retail insurance sales GM from BT Life

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
MLC has appointed a new general manager of retail advised insurance sales. Russell Hannah joins MLC from BT Life, where he led the group's specialist insurance sales team, having been acting head of sales - retail wealth products at MLC before that. ...

CBA appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
CBA has appointed an intellectual property lawyer as its new non-executive director. Mary Padbury is currently a partner and vice chairman of international law firm Ashurst, which advises corporates and financial institutions on M&A, corporate and structured ...

AMP Capital appoints NZ fixed income head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
AMP Capital has appointed a new co-head of New Zealand fixed income. Vicky Hyde-Smith has been a part of the AMP Capital New Zealand team since 2001, joining as a fixed income analyst. Prior to that, she was on the proprietary trading team at Sumitomo ...

OneVue announces $177m merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
OneVue has entered into a scheme implementation deed to merge with a major provider of superannuation trustee, administration and investment services. Under the terms of the scheme, which is supported by the boards of both companies, OneVue will acquire ...

Decimal appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Listed robo-advice provider Decimal Software has appointed a new chair. Mark Potts is currently chief technology officer, corporate strategy at Hewlett-Packard. He has held other roles at HP, including vice president, portfolio strategy - HP software ...

Aspen Group CEO, CFO and chair depart in restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
The chief executive, chief financial officer and chair of listed property investment firm Aspen Group will leave the company following a planned management restructure. In an ASX statement, Aspen's board said that the group's strategy "can best be pursued ...