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Powerwrap managing director departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... role in December 2016 upon the resignation of Cormac Heffernan, and has been on the board since July 2015. Powerwrap chairman Matthew Driscoll said the board was greatly appreciative of Brant's contribution to the company. "In his time, he has driven ...

Advice the face of wealth management evolution

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... move to independent financial advisers. Speaking at a Morningstar investment strategy day in Melbourne, Kevin Clifford - chairman and chief executive of North American distribution at American Funds, a part of Capital Group - said the move to independent ...

Global manager to merge key investment firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... Current chief executive of US Asset Management at BNY Mellon IM, Des Mac Intyre has been appointed as chief executive and chairman of the new business. BNY Mellon IM chief executive Mitchell Harris said clients are increasingly looking for specialist ...

ASIC remains firm on IFA definitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... period for providers who were using the terms. The regulator reminded this period ends on 31 December 2017. ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said the law enforcement agency wants "to ensure that those providing financial services to consumers are accurately ...

Tanner appointed to Suncorp board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... of the vacancies created by the retirement of Bill Bartlett and Ewoud Kulk after the Suncorp AGM in September. Suncorp chairman Ziggy Switkowski welcomed Tanner's appointment: "Lindsay brings a wide range of relevant public and private sector experience ...

Goldman Sachs names new raft of managing directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... of the New Year, the beginning of Goldman Sachs' next fiscal year. Commenting on the raft of promotions, Goldman Sachs chairman and chief executive Lloyd C. Blankfein said: "Our new managing directors have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to our ...

For Stanford Brown, life begins at 30

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... the challenges they themselves are facing." But perhaps challenges are all in a day's work. The company was set up by chairman and co-founder David Brown on the same day as the 1987 stockmarket crash. If you can survive that, you can survive anything ...

Suncorp ditches plans for Tower acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... the scale, brand strength and experience to compete effectively across the breadth of personal insurance markets, NZCC chairman Mark Berry said. "While there are other smaller competitors in personal insurance, we do not consider that they replicate ...

Former NAB risk committee chair joins Wingate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... professional, with a nice blend of wanting growth and high returns, but doing so in a diligent and deliberate way." "This role as chairman of the WIP committee is largely about risk management - which is where my focus has been for many years," he said. ...

Superannuation investment guru joins La Trobe board

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... will benefit from the skills and experience he brings," O'Neill said. The current La Trobe Financial board members are chairman David Bird (lawyer), deputy chairman John Marriott (banker), Hung Fei Chan (Hong Kong based businessman), Gerard Parlevliet ...