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GQG loses top sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
GQG Partners has a new head of wholesale following the shock departure of Daniel Bullock who has been with the boutique manager since it opened its doors in Australia. Ash Naidu will step into the top distribution job. This is a big promotion for Naidu ...

MLC Life explores new market

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
MLC Life has recruited a new general manager to help drive growth in the individual life insurance segment. Imran Lalani has been appointed general manager of emerging individual markets. He joins MLC Life Insurance with extensive experience in leadership ...

Mercer adds to wealth team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
Mercer continues to bump up its wealth distribution team by adding two new staffers. Matthew Young and Staten Janes have both been hired as senior sales leaders, based in Sydney. Young joined FIIG Securities, where he was head of intermediary distribution ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
SMSF Association (SMSFA) chief executive Peter Burgess has called out recent hawking practices that prompt people to transfer their retirement savings into a self-managed super fund (SMSF). Burgess said the sector needs to be on alert about the resurgence ...

Ares builds up wealth team with Fidante poach

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
After six years at Fidante Partners, Matthew Holberton has left to join Ares Wealth Management Solutions. The private markets specialist joins the US$$484 billion alternatives investment giant as a principal even as country head John Knox beefs up his ...

Apex on local hiring spree

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Apex Group is on track to achieve 20% annual organic sales growth over the next two years and plans to triple its headcount to 1000. After acquiring Iress' superannuation platform late last year, Apex's big opportunity is in member administration ...

Perpetual appoints demerger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Perpetual Limited has recruited a chief transformation officer as the financial services giant continues to pursue the sale of its wealth management business. Song Hong joined Perpetual five months ago as a separation specialist when Perpetual was about ...

Mercer snaps up Northern Trust AM exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
A Northern Trust Asset Management executive is quitting her post as the head of strategic partnerships for Australia and New Zealand and rejoining Mercer. Amber Morgan was at Northern Trust AM for almost two years developing investment solutions for ...

SEC drops civil enforcement case against Coinbase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... protections, including safeguards against conflicts of interest. It also charged Coinbase with failing to register the offer and sale of its crypto asset staking-as-a-service program.

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... continue to trade at a premium to other small businesses. According to Centurion Market Makers' Advice Practice Acquisition, Sale & Valuation Guide for 2025, demand is increasing for premium fee-based client books - however, the impact of averaging is ...