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Advice PDMs, BDMs at inflection point: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
Professional and business development managers are growing increasingly dissatisfied in their current roles as many flagged their exit over the next three years, a new survey finds. A comprehensive analysis of professional development managers (PDM) ...

Insight Investment Consultants rebrands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
Insight Investment Consultants will now be known as Genium Investment Partners, as it expands its offering to include research ratings. The firm, which was founded in 2013, is rolling out the rebrand as it works to become a full-service research house ...

Wingate-backed non-bank lender prices $1bn RMBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
A local non-bank mortgage lender, backed by Wingate, has priced the largest inaugural residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) public term issuance of its kind as it readies to launch a retail fund. The transaction is said to be the largest inaugural ...

How advisers protect themselves from 'rogue' clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... effective disclaimers clients must be regularly made aware of. For example, he asked advisers when was the last time they read the trustee declaration clients sign as a trustee of a self-managed super fund (SMSF)? "What it does is it highlights to the ...

DASS compensation drags AFCA, lead decision published

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... the complainant understood or needed. The fees were also excessive when compared to alternative investment products," it read. AFCA lead ombudsman for investments and advice Shail Singh said: "While work is well underway, it will take time to get through ...

AIA adds to C-suite lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
Susan Turner will become the new chief financial officer of life insurer AIA, while Anna Livingston has been named chief people and culture officer. Turner boasts over 20 years of experience in senior finance leadership roles, most recently serving ...

Macquarie profits tumble; long-serving executive exits

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
Macquarie Group has reported a "substantially lower" net profit after tax in FY24 and announced the departure of its long-serving head of commodities and global markets Nicholas O'Kane. Macquarie's annuity-style divisions, Macquarie Asset Management ...

AI mania will underwhelm advice: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... solutions remains experimental. Internationally, many digital advice solutions didn't last past the end of 2023," the report read. However, superannuation funds appear to play a part in reviving the sector. "The super funds that succeed will have ...

Interest rates drive adviser conversations in 2024

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
Interest rates will continue to be a driving force behind client conversations in 2024 as financial advisers remain agile regardless of whichever direction they will go. The rapid upward trajectory of interest rates - from 0.10% in April 2022 to today's ...

BlackRock bags Global Infrastructure Partners for US$12.5bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
BlackRock has struck a deal to acquire Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for US$12.5 billion in cash and common stock. The transaction will create an infrastructure private markets investment platform with a combined client assets under management ...