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Standard Life Assurance fined for hawking non-advised annuities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
Standard Life Assurance has been slapped with a £30.8 million ($54.9m) fine by the UK regulator for hawking non-advised annuities. The Financial Conduct Authority found SLA offered its call centre staff "significant bonuses and rewards" if they exceeded ...

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 ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The Government's recently announced review of Australia's retirement income system has been met with confusion by some of the industry's big players. "Speaking at the Bloomberg buy-side forum in Sydney recently, the newly-minted Assistant ...

Global manager appoints Aussie equities lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
A global manager has appointed a new head for Australian equities as the incumbent moves to a different role. Michelle Lopez is taking over as Aberdeen Standard Investments' head of Australian equities after 15 years with the team. She moves into ...

Aberdeen Standard hires retirement head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
Aberdeen Standard Investments has moved to accelerate its shift to a major retirement solutions provider in Australia, appointing a former Ernst and Young wealth partner as head of retirement. The global asset manager recruited EY wealth management ...

Industry veterans recognised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
A number of financial services industry veterans were recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list this weekend. The 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours included investment professionals, financial advisers, banking professionals and superannuation ...

MSCI adds former Aberdeen Standard distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
The former head of distribution for Aberdeen Standard Investments has taken on a leadership role with MSCI. Simone Bouch is now head of Australia and New Zealand client coverage at the research and technology provider. She will be responsible for growing ...

Macquarie, Aberdeen Standard team up for Thames tunnel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
A consortium of global infrastructure heavyweights including Macquarie Capital and Aberdeen Standard Investments will build a £1 billion tunnel under the River Thames. The RiverLinx consortium has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) to design ...

Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
It's still a month away, but when the policy board of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) meets to assess the state of the economy and its monetary policy response on 19-20 June, it could claim the economy is progressing as printed at its meeting in April. ...

Aberdeen Standard hires ESG investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
Aberdeen Standard Investments recruited Local Government Super's former responsible investment lead as its ESG investment director. Bill Hartnett will relocate to London to support ASI's emerging markets and Asia-Pacific team in the newly created ...