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GAM hires from BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
The Swiss manager is investing in its local business, adding to its product offering and hiring a senior manager from BlackRock. Close to three years since opening its Australian office, GAM Investments is growing the Sydney-based team with the addition ...

Head of sales departs Crestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
Crestone Wealth Management has lost its head of sales, with a replacement yet to be appointed. Edward Blight, who was with the business for more than five years, has departed. He was with Crestone for more than five years including as head of investment ...

Rest hires from QSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
Rest has appointed a chief financial officer, hiring from QSuper. Kulwant Singh-Pangly will lead Rest's team responsible for financial management and strategy, and taxation. In his most recent role, Singh-Pangly spent nearly eight years at QSuper ...

UBS AM wholesale client coverage lead departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
UBS Asset Management Australia's head of wholesale client coverage has left the firm after nearly four years in the role. Ben Williams joined UBS AM in August 2017, tasked with managing relationships with aligned and independent financial advisers. ...

Court says minister has 'duty of care' in coal investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
The Federal Court has ruled in favour of eight high school students, finding that the Federal Environment Minister has a duty of care not to cause them harm from climate change. The case was brought by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David Barnden. ...

Former adviser charged with $3.3m fraud

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
A former Sentinel Wealth financial adviser with a gambling addiction has been charged with stealing $3.3 million from clients. New South Wales Police confirmed to Financial Standard that Gavin Fineff was charged with 18 offences of dishonestly obtaining ...

Research reveals factors influencing advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
A study which saw financial advisers providing advice for hypothetical clients found glaring inconsistencies in risk assessments, with suggestions an adviser's own circumstances can influence the advice provided. The data from Oxford Risk shows, when ...

Former adviser jailed for six years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
A former financial adviser will spend six years in prison for stealing nearly $3 million of clients' superannuation money. The District Court of New South Wales found Ross Andrew Hopkins, from Killara, guilty of 15 offences. Hopkins was the sole ...

Chief economist update: China and Australia's interdependence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
While China continues to ramp up its attempts to bring Australia to heel through rhetoric, threats and measures limiting/banning imports of Australian products - from barley to lobsters to wine - into its shores, China remains our top export market. ...

Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
"March quarter 2021's moderate growth was influenced by regularly scheduled increases. Improved business conditions saw employers revisit wage reviews postponed during the height of the pandemic." This was how Michelle Marquardt, head of price statistics ...