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Boutique distribution lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The head of distribution at a boutique fund manager has taken a new role with Viridian Advisory. Former Fortius Funds Management head of distribution Rebecca Pun is now a portfolio manager at Viridian Advisory. In the new role, Pun is responsible for ...

BT advice boss lands new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... personal financial advice announced earlier in the year and offloaded many of its advisers to Melbourne-based Viridian Advisory. The exact terms of Wright's departure from BTFG have not yet been made public. Xplore Wealth offers platform, administration ...

Excellence in managed accounts recognised

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... including single sector assets, licensees and innovation. Taking home the licensee managed account award was Viridian Advisory, beating out Canaccord, Crystal Wealth, Prime Financial Group, Royston Capital and Stanford Brown. Praemium's efforts in improving ...

Westpac appoints remediation lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... Financial Group, which was brought in-house as part of the bank's new wealth strategy. As part of the new strategy, Viridian Advisory acquired many of Westpac and BT Financial Group's financial advisers. In response to questioning, a Westpac spokesperson ...

ASIC FAR, advice industry contract

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... dealer groups shed about 450 advisers. This, before its announcement to exit personal advice and sell advisers to Viridian Advisory. Over the same period, the likes of Synchron, Capstone and Akambo and Infocus made gains. Among the bigger players, ClearView ...

Managed Account Awards finalists revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... are: Licensee Managed Account Canaccord Crystal Wealth Prime Financial Group Royston Capital Stanford Brown Viridian Advisory Innovation BTFG Investum JB Were Nucleus Wealth Praemium Resonant Australian Equities Antares Equities Blackmore Capital Elston ...

Westpac appoints acting advice GM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... has appointed an acting general manager of advice to lead the transition of its financial planning business to Viridian Advisory. National head of BT Group Licensees Ashley Stewart will take on the role of acting general manager of advice from May 1 ...

Banks push to leave vertical integration on the table

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... to exit personal advice, bringing BT Financial Group in-house and selling a number of financial advisers to Viridian Advisory. "ABA members have different strategies in relation to the range of services they offer and the extent of vertical integration ...

Financial advice exit a boon for the industry: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... buyer for MLC. Westpac, the last of the major banks to join the exodus, agreed to sell a number of advisers to Viridian Advisory. Financial Standard broke the news in March that Westpac will no longer provide personal financial advice and shift to a ...

Remediation to hit Westpac earnings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... to access," Westpac said. The bank recently announced it would jettison its financial advice business, with Viridian Advisory set to take on a number of its advisers. By exiting personal advice, Westpac said it would unlock value, given advice had become ...