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NEOS names retail, strategic sales leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... of business development specialist. He joins from Marsh McLennan and has previously held roles with Shadforth Financial Group and MLC in addition to five years in advice practices. Finally, Nathan Caccamo has been appointed to the position of business ...

Aware Super hires head of corporate development

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... fund's head of strategy and corporate development for about a year thereafter. In the newly created role, Stevens reports to group executive, member growth Steve Travis and is responsible for positioning Aware Super as "the merger partner of choice" ...

Link Group rebrands as acquisition completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
Link Group will now be known as MUFG Pension and Market Services, following the implementation of the scheme of arrangement with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. The business comprises two ...

Sequoia seeks Takeovers Panel intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
The stoush over who should control Sequoia Financial Group takes another turn as chief executive Garry Crole and non-executive director Kevin Pattison call upon the Takeovers Panel to intervene in their potential ousting. Crole and Pattison, on behalf ...

GPT appoints new chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
Group Property Trust (GPT) has announced the appointment of Mark Harrison as chief investment officer, as well as other changes to its leadership team. Harrison has been appointed to assist in the delivery of GPT's strategy and to drive profitable ...

Active Super, Vision Super finally sign transfer deed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... Acurity Registration platform, with the funds saying the transition is well underway. This signifies a mandate loss for Link Group, which Active Super has used for more than a decade. "This is an exciting milestone in our merger process. The signing ...

Jinding funds management division spun off

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
The funds management division of Australian property group Jinding has launched as its own entity, Ladon Capital. The new business, which has offices in Melbourne and Singapore's Marina Bay Financial Centre, is targeting Asia Pacific investors for Australian ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... chief executive Sarah Abood said she supports recent proposals around adviser education from the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) because "we need far more people with these qualifications" and the current system isn't supporting that need. Last ...

Members' attitude, behaviour key to better engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
New research suggests superannuation funds need to focus more on attitudinal and behavioural insights if they're to improve engagement. The latest CSBA FEAL Superannuation Experience & Engagement Benchmark expanded its coverage to survey super fund ...

Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... current education regime." By working together with other advice professionals that comprise the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG), the associations developed a proposal to change the current education standards for advisers that has been discussed ...