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Advisers shoulder massive wealth transfer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
Financial advisers shoulder much of the responsibility in helping facilitate the massive intergenerational wealth transfer that has blown out to nearly $5 trillion, according to new estimates, as recipients are largely financial illiterate and ill-prepared ...

Pollaers to chair AFCA for another three years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... non-executive director of AGL and GUD Holdings, and chair of the Advisory Board of Ending Loneliness Together. During his executive career, Pollaers served as chief executive of Pacific Brands and chief executive of Foster's.

HESTA nabs legalsuper executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... initiatives. Legalsuper announced back in March that Knight had been appointed to its Office of the CEO & Strategy after taking a career break since August 2022. Prior to that she was general manager, strategy and CEO office at AIA Australia. Knight ...

VFMC hires client portfolio design head

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
... appointed to in 2007. Her investment management experience includes multi-asset portfolios, and asset consulting. She began her career with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) as an economist. VFMC said the new role is designed to enable a dedicated ...

abrdn global chief executive steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... execute the next stage of our transformation. We owe him a great debt of gratitude and wish him well in the next phase of his career," he said. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, abrdn traded at GBP158.55 as at May 24. The share price has effectively ...

Financial services firms concerned about attracting staff

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... to attract talent this year differs between employers and workers. Almost a third (30%) of employers believe the limited career opportunities their company offers is the top reason behind attraction woes, while workers believe a lack of a competitive ...

Aware Super hires head of corporate development

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... and deliver long-term sustainable retirement incomes for our 1.1 million members," Travis said. "Throughout his stellar career, Craig has been at the forefront of the rapidly evolving super industry and is uniquely positioned to understand the inherent ...

Vanguard selects next chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... of corporate strategy. He's also previously led McKinsey & Company's asset and wealth management practice. He began his career as a lawyer, working in both London and Hong Kong. "The board welcomes Salim to the leadership team and looks forward to working ...

Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... the proposal the associations put forth to Treasury pushes for more existing degrees to be utilised with new entrants and career changes. This includes undertaking a few bridging units rather than an entire unrelated financial planning degree or graduate ...

Head of institutional capital departs MA Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... JLL, Pyke is a non-executive director of the board of the Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce. Prior to his executive career, Pyke was the first Canadian national and first former professional rugby union player to join an AFL team. He played 110 ...