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ASIC bans Melbourne adviser

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
The corporate regulator has dealt out a three-year ban to David Noel Ruthenberg of Venture Advisory Consulting. ASIC found that, between June 2015 and September 2017, Ruthenberg recommended that some of his clients invest in the Investport Income Opportunity ...

Vanguard appoints head of ESG product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
UniSuper governance and sustainability manager Sybil Dixon is departing the fund after 14 years to join Vanguard. Dixon will join Vanguard in August as head of ESG product, a Vanguard spokesperson confirmed to sister publication FS Sustainability. UniSuper ...

AMP completes Resolution Life divestment

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
AMP has completed the divestment of its remaining equity interest (19.3%) in Resolution Life Australasia to Resolution Life Group. The initial sale agreement, announced on 3 November 2021, was subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions precedent ...

Bravura to welcome new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
A former director of corporate superannuation at AMP will take over as chief executive and managing director of Bravura Solutions. After 15 years with the company, Nick Parsons will step down as chief executive. On his decision, he said: "During my ...

Squirrel Super to pay over false property claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
More than 18 months after legal action was launched, Squirrel Super will pay $55,000 for claims made in marketing materials about investing in residential property. The SMSF administrator was found by the Federal Court to have distributed a brochure ...

May exam sees 43% pass rate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
Less than half of the financial advisers who sat the exam in May have passed, results show. The May sittings represented the 17 th since the introduction of the exam and saw 496 advisers attempt it; 72.2% of which were resitting the exam for at least ...

APRA sheds light on YFYS Performance Test

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
The prudential regulator has clarified Canberra's Your Future, Your Super performance test by adding new answers to its website. The test applies from July 2021, to My Super products and from July 2022 to trustee-directed products. APRA said it ...

Franklin Templeton new APAC co-heads

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
Franklin Templeton yesterday announced Matthew Harrison and Tariq Ahmad as co-heads of APAC. Harrison, the current managing director of Australia, and Ahmad, the current head of Asia distribution, will have joint ownership and accountability of APAC ...

VFMC names new executives

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation today announced the promotion of Lucy Carr, who will be its new chief operating officer and the appointment of chief finance and risk officer Paul Shanley. Carr has been VFMC's chief risk officer since ...

New managing director for Lendlease Investment Management

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
Vanessa Orth will return to Lendlease after seven years its new as managing director, Australian Investment Management division. Orth has over 20 years' experience in senior executive roles across the property and aviation sectors, including most recently ...