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Australian Ethical names new COO following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... financial officer for Macquarie's banking and financial services group, which includes the retail bank, business bank and wealth divisions. Before that, Shanahan held other senior roles at Macquarie, including head of financial management for the Asia ...

Pension fund and bank terminate asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... about $200 billion in respective mandates with a major global asset manager. Scottish Widows and Lloyds Banking Group's wealth businesses have given Standard Life Aberdeen notice to terminate their partnership agreements with Aberdeen Asset Management ...

Credit Suisse under investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... showed profitable growth, with every division increasing its return on capital. This was particularly evident across its wealth management business which saw an increase of 13% in its assets under management, year-on-year. The results show Credit Suisse ...

IFAs tackling bank-owned competitors head on

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... bigger slice of the pie by highlighting their two core strengths: Unbiased advice and a wide product range. GlobalData wealth management analyst Heike van den Hoevel said: "[Our] data shows that IFAs tend to attract an older and more affluent segment ...

Commonwealth Bank recruits Suncorp executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... investments at BT Financial Group and senior risk executive at Count Financial. Prior to Suncorp, Ludgate was director of wealth management advisory - financial risk management at KPMG Australia. From September 2008 to July 2012 she served as head of ...

Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... has seen real wages growth accelerate to 0.6% in the year to December from 0.1% in the previous month. There's also the wealth effect from the rising stock market. The Nikkei-225 index has gained 19.1% in 2017 that followed a paltry 0.4% gain in 2016. ...

Suncorp reviews options for life insurance business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... scrutiny. In-force premium rose by 0.9% from growth in retail and direct channels due to stepped age and CPI increases. The wealth business reported a 20% increase in NPAT to $6 million, driven by positive investment returns and the performance of the ...

AMP cuts fees for new wholesale fund suite

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... where the company delivered an underlying profit of $1.04 billion, up from $486 million the previous year. The business' wealth management arm saw net cashflows rise 177% over the year to $931 million, which AMP said was driven by "additional revenue ...

Avenir recruits Platinum analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... Symphony Financial Partners. Avenir managing director and chief investment officer Adrian Warner welcomed Cifuentes. "Curtis' wealth of investment experience in Australia and Japan is a welcome addition to the Avenir team as we continue to seek global ...

NAB appoints new regional advice GM

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... the Northern Territory. Adrian De Silva joined NAB in January from Beyond Bank Australia, where he was national manager wealth management and national manager practice development. Prior to that, he was a regional SMSF solutions manager at AMP, national ...