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Channel Capital hires distribution director

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
Channel Capital has appointed a new distribution director - retail, intermediaries and family office. Luke Mandekic joins Channel Capital from Aberdeen Asset Management, where he was a regional sales manager based in Melbourne. Prior to that, he was ...

Former Challenger subsidiary chief joins SMSF fintech

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... organisation." "Tracy brings with her an exceptional amount of expertise and industry insight having successfully overseen the sale and subsequent integration of Bendzulla Actuarial into Challenger and the successful rebranding to Accurium," Abbott said. ...

William Blair distribution head takes on role at Deutsche AM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
William Blair's head of Australia and New Zealand institutional distribution is leaving the firm after five years to take on a new role at Deutsche Asset Management. Alex Francois is now director of sales - asset management at Deutsche AM. Prior to ...

Platinum sells $24m Asia stake

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... securityholders yesterday that Platinum had entered into an agreement with Taylor Collison to arrange a book build for the sale of 20 million ordinary shares at a price of $1.22 share. This represented a 2.8% discount to PAI's most recent estimated weekly ...

Lowy hands over keys to the Westfield kingdom

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... operating in 27 global retail markets and cities and presiding over 104 assets with 1.2 billion annual visits. Lowy described the sale as the "culmination of the strategic journey Westfield has been on since its 2014 restructure," adding that the transaction ...

J.P. Morgan secures $3.5bn custody mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
Cementing its position as Australia's largest provider of custodial services, J.P. Morgan has won a mandate to manage $3.5 billion in insurance investment assets following a competitive tender process. Genworth Group, which offers mortgage lending insurance ...

AMP flags departures in distribution restructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
AMP has restructured its sales team to align with its wealth management and insurance businesses. The move will create specialist roles which will better align the broker and adviser bank sales teams, an AMP spokesperson told Financial Standard. Of ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
To say that you, I and Irene were surprised at last month's NAB business survey - that showed Australian business conditions rocketed to an all-time high in October but confidence hardly budged - is more than just an understatement for even the survey ...

Former AustralianSuper risk head joins AIA ahead of CommInsure acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... products through CBA and life and health insurance products through New Zealand's ASB Bank, as well as AIA solutions. The sale increases AIA's position as one of the biggest life insurers in the Asia-Pacific region. AIA Group chief executive and president ...

ANZ sells life insurance business for $2.85 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... insurer. Completing what the bank described as a "simplification" of its wealth division, ANZ sold the business to Zurich. The sale comprises two transactions, including $1 billion of upfront reinsurance commission from Zurich. Upon completion, Zurich ...