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Natixis appoints insto sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
Natixis Investment Managers appointed a new head of institutional sales for Australia and New Zealand. Louise Watson will join the Sydney team of the $1.4 trillion multi-affiliate manager, having most recently served as CQS' head of distribution for ...

ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
ASIC's favourite method of tackling misconduct came under fire as the Royal Commission capped off its round of superannuation hearings on Friday. First up was Tim Mullaly, a senior executive leader in ASIC's financial services enforcement division. ...

Nikko AM wins Aussie equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Nikko Asset Management has won an Australian equities mandate worth NZ$850 million ($766m). ANZ New Zealand Investments awarded the mandate to the Sydney-based Nikko Australian equities team, headed by Brad Potter. Nikko AM will use an Australian equity ...

Financial abuse: A hidden epidemic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
Commonwealth Bank is extending its domestic and family violence support program due to customer need, with its helpline receiving about 90,000 calls in the first month. Initially launched as a 12-month pilot in November 2017, the CBA Domestic and Family ...

Digital advice, fintech firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
A B2B digital advice firm co-founded by a former Vanguard Australia executive has merged with a retiree advice platform founded by a former Challenger distribution head. In a deal finalised this morning, SuperEd merged with Retirement Essentials. SuperEd ...

Royal Commission work impeded: Hayne

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has publicly recorded delays in accessing documents from IOOF ahead of the fifth round of the financial services Royal Commission, beginning August 6. In a ruling published yesterday, the Commissioner detailed that IOOF subsidiary ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
An advocacy body for superannuation fund members established in 2013 will finally become fully operational thanks to $2.5 million in penalties paid by CBA and ANZ for the mis-selling of super products. The Superannuation Consumers' Centre will receive ...

CBA, ANZ told to clean up superannuation distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
An ASIC investigation alleges Commonwealth Bank and ANZ branches offered superannuation products to customers at the end of general fact-finding processes, which the customers may have mistaken as "personal" advice rather than "general" advice. Commonwealth ...

Specialist investment manager appoints former AMP senior leader

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
A former head of group insurance at AMP has joined an ASX-listed investment manager. Anna Kovarik has been appointed Centuria Capital's new general counsel, joining from Mirvac where she held the role of group risk manager. Kovarik served as AMP's ...

AMP Capital appoints portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
A new portfolio manager will join AMP Capital's Sydney offices as a part of its global listed real estate team - the first of two appointments announced today. Anika Minocha will work as a portfolio manager/analyst. She has been chosen from AMP ...