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Russell adds to senior leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... solutions that will help them achieve their goals." In addition, Kevin Klingert has been appointed as president and will focus on the day-to-day business execution. He previously spent a decade at Morgan Stanley Investment Management where he was global ...

New partnership for BC Investment Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... of partnership, we look forward to working with the BC Invest team." BC Invest chief executive David Hinde added that his focus will be ensuring Novatti secures its banking licence and building a scalable lending business.

Infrastructure Capital hires from Frontier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... Samaan has also joined ICG as director. He joins from Royal Bank of Canada where he was director of infrastructure. Samaan's focus at ICG will be on deal execution. Finally, Andrew Carman has been appointed asset director. He joins from AGL and has also ...

Proxy advisers under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Proposed new legislation will see proxy advisers forced to be much more transparent on how and why they vote on matters put to shareholders. The government is proposing to reform proxy voting by requiring superannuation funds to disclose more detailed ...

Westpac profit climbs, executive leaves

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... Insurance, Auto Finance and its superannuation, platforms and investments divisions (including BT). "We are strengthening our focus on costs and today have announced a three-year cost reset plan to set us up for being a more streamlined, simpler organisation ...

Mandates will flow to transparency: Survey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... more competitive free. A further 51% think there will be a slight increase in switching to cheaper funds. And 77% say the focus they themselves place on trying to reduce fees will increase. "There is a growing number of funds available to investors ...

AMP chair faces shareholder ire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... [During] the portfolio review, Francesco and the board were talking about future leadership, given the changing size, scale and focus of the company. Francesco decided it was time for him to retire from the role," Hazelton said. Shareholders wanted more ...

Grant Thornton sells private wealth division

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... on clients or potential clients," Grant Thornton said. "As a standalone business, the Private Wealth team will be able to focus all of their resources and priorities on providing the highest level of support to clients while meeting any additional requirements ...

OpenMarkets hires, acquires, preps for IPO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... because of higher standards and costs from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. Those advisers who do remain focus almost exclusively on high-net-worth customers."

AIA Australia partners with Your Wills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... customers can look holistically at their protection needs, so that they can be prepared for their future, which allows them to focus on enjoying the present. "At AIA, we help people protect their greatest asset - themselves and their families - with ...