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Apostle partners with Qtron Investments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... equities, and global long/short equities. As of June 30, it has US$1.25 billion in assets under management. Apostle managing director Mitchell Gunman said: "We believe there is a gap in the market for quantitative strategies, and Qtron addresses this ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... experts, who warn that an entrenched system requires an urgent shakeup. Speaking to Financial Standard, Akambo managing director Joe Akiki has warned that financial advice firms without a sound governance framework will be prone to the rapidly changing ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... succession planning will also not proceed. APRA said it will also clarify or adjust proposals relating to individual director skills, perceived conflicts of interest, and publication of registers of relevant interests and duties. APRA chair John Lonsdale ...

Regal Partners makes two senior hires

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... alternative investment manager in the newly created role of head of strategy, reporting to chief executive and managing director Brendan O'Connor. Stringer brings substantial experience from her previous position as chief strategy and transformation ...

GAM names distribution and product lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... strategies and aligning the product range with the client needs of the Australian office, among others," said GAM managing director for Australia and New Zealand, Eric Finnell. "Tim has extensive experience in doing this, working for Man Group, starting ...

Local PGIM manager exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... Investment Management Australia, Pendal Group, and Perpetual Limited. As a result of the restructuring, Chris Briant, managing director for Australia and New Zealand and the local head of the institutional relationship group will move into the new sales ...

Super moves: AusSuper, Aware, MLC, JANA, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... giant, Peasley was head of transactions at Hastings Funds Management, a specialist infrastructure investment manager, and director of infrastructure at Deutsche Bank's investment banking division. JANA Investment Advisers has announced three senior ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... couldn't afford to do it, she said, and the insurance costs were prohibitive. "I told her that was nonsense," says Hillier, director of retirement at AMP. "I told her she had the same super balance she had started with, and she should start spending ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... fast-track this by running insurer and trustee processes in parallel where possible. In his experience, Integro Private Wealth director Tim Sullivan says the typical timeframe for processing death benefit claims ranges from two to eight weeks, depending ...

Pinnacle acquires stake in Advantage Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... acquired an additional stake in Advantage Partners, which will increase to 33.3% by the end of October. Pinnacle managing director Ian Macoun said: "We have made great progress in exporting our unique multi-affiliate model globally. This transaction ...