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Schroders hires investment director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
A new investment director has joined Schroders' equities product team, tasked with accelerating its biodiversity strategy and SMA development. Anne-Sophie Williams joins from BlackRock where she has spent the last four years as an active equities product ...

Risk inflows hit $17.6bn last year: Analysis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
Risk inflows grew 5.5% in 2021, with MetLife, NobleOak and QInsure seeing the greatest growth. Latest stats from Plan for Life show life insurance risk inflows increased from $16.7 billion in 2020 to $17.6 billion at 2021 end. MetLife, QInsure and NobleOak ...

Charges laid in lengthy ASIC investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
A former financial adviser who was permanently banned in 2016 for using close to $2 million in client funds for his own use has now been charged with 17 offences related to the alleged fraudulent transfer of shares to himself. Ashley Howard of Hobart ...

CEW push for more women leaders

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
In one of the largest industry events since the pandemic began, more than 1300 guests, including financial services heavyweights, gathered at the International Convention Centre in Sydney this week for the annual Chief Executive Women (CEW) fundraiser. ...

NGS to reduce emissions 35% in three years

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
The super fund is aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by 35% by 2025 en route to its 2030 net carbon zero target. "We have set this very aggressive target of 2030 to decarbonise the portfolio, and we are much more confident at this point in time that ...

We knew people would leave the advice industry: Hume

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
The regulatory transition of the financial advice industry has been cumbersome for many people but senator Jane Hume believes the worst of it is over. In an interview with Stockspot, Hume welcomed the proper professionalism of the financial advice industry ...

Foresters Financial appoints head of partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
Foresters Financial has appointed Jenny Liakopoulos to the newly created role of head of partnership. Liakopoulos has more than 15 years' experience in financial services in business development, client relationship management and project management. ...

Remembering Steve Williams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
ClearBridge Investments has led tributes to its head of intermediary sales Steve Williams, who passed away last week following a short illness. Williams - affectionately known as Willo - passed away last Thursday, ClearBridge confirmed in a LinkedIn ...

Atrium adds national sales manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
Justin Brooks has been tapped for the job of national sales manager at Atrium Investment Management. Brooks joins from Investors Mutual, where he served as state manager for Victoria, Tasmania, and Western Australia for more than seven years. In this ...

AIST proposes crisis preparedness standards to APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has acknowledged the difficulty of implementing industry-wide rulesets and has released its future crisis contingency planning recommendations to APRA. In its submission, the AIST said the balance ...