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GBST appoints new MD as chair retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
Industry software provider GBST has appointed a new managing director and chief executive. Following Stephen Lake's departure from the position in September, Robert De Dominicis will take up the lead role, having headed the company's wealth management ...

ASIC spots PI insurance gaps

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
ASIC has completed its review of the professional indemnity insurance market for advisers in the eight months to June 2015. The report said the market is "stable and generally available," but there are gaps "between what ASIC expects and some of the ...

AZ NGA acquires seventh practice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
AZ Next Generation Advisory has made its seventh acquisition, purchasing a Toowoomba-based practice. Part of the RI Advice Group, RI Toowoomba was established in 1992 and has $260 million in funds under advice. As with AZ NGA's previous acquisition ...

Sentry Group restructures management

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Sentry Group has announced major changes to its business and management structure. Under the new arrangement, the dealer group will be divided into four divisions: business development, business solutions, compliance and corporate services. These will ...

Nippon Life says MLC will bolster falling profits

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
Japanese life insurer Nippon Life has reported an 8% drop in ordinary profit to $2.9 billion in the six months to September 30, 2015. Nippon Life's statement attributed this to the Japanese economy "gradually [declining] due to concerns about the Chinese ...

Advice beats direct insurance for Aussie consumers

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
The majority of Australian consumers prefer to purchase insurance policies through financial advisers rather than directly. This is the conclusion of Asteron Life's Attitude to Life Adviser Insights report, which surveyed 1,515 Australians across every ...

Aberdeen appoints sales manager from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed a new regional sales manager. Luke Mandekic joins Aberdeen's distribution team from AMP, where he was a model portfolio manager for AMP Advice Research. Prior to that, he was an investment analyst at AXA. "Luke ...

iSelect nixes Providence takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... the best interests of iSelect shareholders to engage with Providence," recent management changes (including chief executive Alex Stevens' departure) and "volatility in iSelect's health insurance business" have made the bid less attractive. "[These changes] ...

Good Super founders take the reins from MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
Following managing director Andrew MacLeod's departure, Good Super's founders will jointly take on the role. Phillip Kingston and Aron D'Souza formed Good Super in 2013 as a "social impact superannuation fund". Andrew MacLeod, previously general manager ...

Crestone announces major partnerships

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
Crestone, the firm which spun out of UBS Wealth Management, has announced strategic partnerships with a number of major financial institutions. Crestone was formed in 2015 following UBS's announcement that it was exiting domestic wealth management in ...