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AMP dumps Horizons program

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
AMP has scrapped its Horizons program, replacing it with a new, FASEA-compliant education and training course for financial advisers. Open to those with a degree approved by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, the new Adviser Pathways ...

Independent planning firm jumps into agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
Growth Farms' recently launched farm leasing fund picked up a cornerstone investment from a $1 billion advisory group. Providence Wealth has made a "substantial" investment in the fledgling Australian Agricultural Lease Fund, making it the fund's cornerstone ...

Alternative trading platform appoints insto sales head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
An alternative exchange appointed Liquidnet's former head of Australia to run its institutional sales division. Murrough O'Brien links with Chi-X Australia as director of institutional sales, leaving a hole to fill at the institutional trading network. ...

Infocus grows executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
Two senior Australian Unity executives have joined the leadership team of Infocus Wealth Management. Australian Unity's head of investment research Jeff Mitchell has been appointed to the newly created role of chief investment officer at the dealer ...

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
About 20% of FINSIA's adviser members will leave the advice industry if they are forced to undertake additional postgraduate study. According to a survey conducted by the industry body in support of its submission to the Financial Adviser Standards ...

HESTA appoints quant general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
The chief quantitative strategist for AXA Investment Managers' equities business has jumped to a $46 billion superannuation fund. HESTA has appointed Michael Kollo as its general manager quantitative solutions and risk, effective July 30. He was ...

Praemium FUA surpasses $8bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Praemium's funds under administration surpassed $8 billion thanks to a bumper June 2018 quarter of key client wins. FUA shot up 35% compared to the prior corresponding period, with about $566 million of inflows coming in from Australian business. ...

Boutique licensee acquires regional advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
In its largest transaction to date, a growing boutique dealer group has acquired a Mudgee-based financial advice practice. Profile Financial Services has bought onePlan Financial Planning, following an extensive review of potential buyers by the practice's ...

IOOF executive takes new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
The former head of managed fund research at IOOF has joined another ASX-listed financial services firm. Former IOOF executive Miriam Herold has been named as Centrepoint Alliance's new head of research. Herold first joined IOOF in 2015 as a senior research ...

Commercial property manager hires sales executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
Australian commercial real estate debt and investment manager MaxCap Group has appointed a distribution director based in Singapore. Chris van Beek joins from UBS Asset Management where he was executive director of real estate and private markets for ...