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Willis Towers Watson, Aon to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Following weeks of speculation, the two entities have confirmed a merger will go ahead. Aon and Willis Towers Watson have announced a definitive agreement to merge operations in an all-stock transaction with an implied combined equity value of about ...

Adviser moves show industry upheaval

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... from 568 to 447. Financial Wisdom, which is in the process of shuttering, lost 93 advisers, down from 322 to 229. Meanwhile, Aon Hewitt lost a significant proportion of its headcount, dropping from 149 advisers to just 44. Despite news of Buyer of Last ...

Adviser tampered with MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
A former Aon Hewitt adviser copped an ASIC ban after he was found to have stopped 331 Aon Master Trust default superannuation members from switching to the cheaper MySuper option. Thanh Huu Tran has been banned for two years as a result of the misconduct. ...

Industry fund head jumps to Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... strategic account manager at AMP. Earlier in her career she managed employer services at Equipsuper and was a super consultant and Aon.

Boutique AFSL acquires advice practice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... chapter of my life - I'm not getting any younger." "We were in the final stages of negotiation when our previous licensee, Aon, announced they were exiting the advice market, so the timing was good." Profile Financial Services chief executive Sarah ...

Aon exits advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
Aon will jettison its financial advice business, and has confirmed the transfer of its Eligible Rollover Fund to AUSfund. The Australian arm of the global financial services giant announced it will sell its finance advice arm and exit its aligned adviser ...

Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... and women make up 26% of the advisers linked with both Westpac and NAB. Women account for more than one-third of advisers at Aon Hewitt coming, topping the list at 34%. Close behind are the National Tax and Accountants' Association (32%), State Plus ...

TCorp finalises restructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... industry clients on broad aspects of building and managing institutional investment portfolios. Prior to that, he worked at Aon, J.P. Morgan and BT Financial Group. Tom Gillespie is TCorp's new senior manager portfolio risk. He is the former head ...

Industry body names first chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... years' experience in financial services advocacy. Prior to joining the association Young held roles with Microsoft, CSIRO, Aon, Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. ...

Industry fund grows leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... fund's customer insights and product development to enhance member experience and support growth. Marteene joins the fund from Aon where he was a senior consultant, customer insights and product design. He also previousy held the role of head of fund ...