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Ignition chief executive resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
The chief executive of Ignition Advice for the Asia Pacific is stepping down two years after his appointment. Craig Keary announced he will pursue an advisory and non-executive career but will remain with Ignition in accepting a senior adviser role ...

Global alternatives manager lands down under

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
A US$74 billion alternatives asset manager has opened a local office and hired a head of Australia and New Zealand from HSBC. GCM Grosvenor has established an office in Sydney and appointed Andy Lukas to lead the firm's push into the region. The ...

FYG Planners partners with Asendium

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
Financial advice group FYG Planners has joined forces with Asendium to provide its network of advisers access to new software. Financial advisers will be able to utilise Asendium's Statement of Digital Advice (SoDA) system. This enables advisers to ...

AFA, FPA unveil joint roadshow theme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
To be known as the Financial Advice Association of Australia from April 3, the two bodies will run the United Association Roadshow in May and June. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) ...

Spotlight shines brighter on climate reporting: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
Asset owners must be mindful of increasing regulatory and legislative pressures that will soon sharpen their ability to provide quality and accurate climate disclosure reports, according to an expert. FS Sustainability managing editor Rachel Alembakis ...

Aware Super restructures investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
Aware Super restructured its investment team in support of its growth strategy, naming three new asset class leads in the process. The super fund joins the likes of AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust in reshaping its investment team as ...

Advice group chief fakes exam result, banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
The chief executive of a North Sydney financial advice group is permanently banned by ASIC for faking his Financial Adviser Exam results. In December 2021, Bluepoint Consulting chief executive and co-founder Todd Karamian altered the result on his Financial ...

Merricks Capital funds $465m Sydney development

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
The $465 million agreement, funded by Merricks Capital, will allow Milligan Group to acquire one of Sydney's last remaining CBD sites. Milligan Group plans to construct a 55-storey mixed-use commercial tower on the corner of Pitt and Hunter Streets ...

Barings takes over Gryphon Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
The multi-billion-dollar global investment firm has agreed to acquire 100% of Sydney-based Gryphon Capital Partners (Gryphon), the parent company of wholly owned Gryphon Capital Investments (GCI). The deal aims to further accelerate Barings' entry ...

abrdn loses global chief economist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
Jeremy Lawson has resigned as global chief economist for abrdn, opting to return to Australia. Lawson has served in the role for 10 years, first appointed in March 2013. In 2018, he took on the additional responsibility of leading the group's research ...