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UBS acquires Wealthfront, opens multicultural division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
UBS is expanding its global wealth management offering, with a focus on affluent young people and multicultural investors. UBS has acquired Wealthfront, an automated wealth management platform serving millennial and Gen Z investors, for US$1.4 billion. ...

Cbus adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Two new members have joined Wayne Swan on the board of industry superannuation fund Cbus. Jason O'Mara was appointed a member director this month, replacing Dave Noonan. O'Mara has been the Construction, Forestry Mining and Energy Union's ...

Pendal appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
Pendal Group has appointed a new chair in Deborah Page. Effective today, Page takes over the role of chair from James Evans, who was appointed in 2013. Evans joined the ASX-listed company's board in 2010, helping oversee funds under management grow ...

HLB Mann Judd appoints new directors

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
Advisory and accounting association, HLB Mann Judd, has announced the appointment of two directors within its corporate and audit services and business advisory divisions. Perth based audit manager David Healy has been promoted to director within the ...

ASIC bans two Sydney based advisers

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
ASIC has banned the directors of Premier Wealth Management from providing financial advice, while also stripping the firm of its AFS licence. The corporate regulator announced on Tuesday (December 14) it has banned Sydney-based financial advisers Gerald ...

De Ferrari returns to Credit Suisse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Francesco De Ferrari will return to his old hunting ground after finishing up at AMP in June. De Ferrari has signed on to become the chief executive of the Credit Suisse's wealth management division as of 1 January 2022. He also assumes the role of ...

Pensioners could solve skills shortage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
Increasing the number of work hours without affecting Australians' Age Pension could be the solution to the current skills shortage crisis. This is according to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is calling on the federal government ...

Next Macquarie chair announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
Glenn Stevens has been appointed the next chair of Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank following the retirement of Peter Warne. Stevens' appointment and Warne's retirement as a voting director on both boards will be effective in May 2022, following the ...

ESG overhaul for SSGA ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Carbon Control Fund. The benchmark will also change to the S&P Emerging LargeMidCap Carbon Control (AUD) Index, accessing large and mid-cap shares with greatly reduced average carbon intensity. It will also use screens to exclude ...

ClearView recruits chief claims officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
The former chief claims officer at Zurich Financial Services has moved to ClearView Wealth in a newly created role. Joanne Faglioni is ClearView's new chief claims officer, joining this month. Faglioni spent more than two years at Zurich/ANZ, starting ...