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T. Rowe Price names chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
T. Rowe Price's group chief investment officer will succeed its outgoing chief executive Bill Stromberg at the end of the year. Rob Sharps is currently president, head of investments and a member of the firm's management committee in addition to his ...

New AIA advice unit names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
AIA Australia's newly launched advice business has named a chief executive to lead its efforts, as the life insurer brings some Commonwealth Financial Planning advisers into the fold. The life insurer has set up AIA Financial Wellbeing, led by Pina ...

EQT hires for trustee and wealth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
Equity Trustees has made two appointments to its Trustee and Wealth Services (TWS) team in response to increased demand. Kate Schell has joined as an adviser in the private client team and Amanda Sartor has been appointed as a senior relationship manager ...

Aware Super, VISSF merger to proceed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
After four months of due diligence, the two super funds have confirmed they will merge before the end of the year. In a joint statement, Aware Super and the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF) said the merger will create the largest ...

AustralianSuper appoints head of private credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
AustralianSuper wants to triple its investment in private credit to $15 billion in next three years, as it announces a new head for the asset class. The fund has promoted Nick Ward to head of private credit. He was previously a senior portfolio manager. ...

Natixis IM appoints APAC distribution head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
Natixis Investment Management has appointed a head of distribution whose responsibilities will include the Asia Pacific region. Joseph Pinto was appointed Natixis IM's head of distribution for Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Asia Pacific, moving ...

Six new ombudsmen at AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority welcomed six ombudsmen to the fold, three of which came from the financial services sector. ANZ head of legal, dispute resolution group Louise McAuliffe, and Westpac practice leader for business lending ...

Commonwealth FP under review, partially offloaded

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
Commonwealth Bank has transferred part of Commonwealth Financial Planning to AIA, with the remainder of the business now subject to a strategic review. The big bank has offloaded part of Commonwealth FP to AIA Financial Services, a wholly owned subsidiary ...

Advice association shutters

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
A financial advice industry association, which had been vocal in boycotting the FASEA exam and fighting to retain life commissions, has shuttered. The United Financial Advisers Association (UFAA), which claimed to have 6000 members, quietly ended operations ...

De Gori to leave FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori will step down at the end of the year. De Gori, who has served as chief executive since March 2016, has advised the FPA's board of his intention to leave. He has been with ...