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Mercer appoints first Wealth Pacific chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
Mercer has outlined its ambition to accelerate growth in the APAC region, appointing Cathy Hales as its chief executive of Wealth Pacific. Hales has oversight of Mercer's wealth portfolio across Australia and New Zealand, comprising the Mercer Super ...

Selfwealth chief in sudden exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
The chief executive of online trading platform Selfwealth has left the ASX-listed firm with "immediate effect". Cath Whitaker vacated the top job she assumed in April 2021. Paul Cullinan, currently the interim chief financial officer, will assume the ...

Mercer appoints three new directors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
Mercer has appointed three non-executive directors to its fiduciary boards, bringing experience at the likes of J.P. Morgan and Sunsuper. Former APP Securities chief executive Sangeeta Venketasan and State Super senior investment counsel David Hartley ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
Search funds, an investment strategy that sprung from the hallways of two Ivy league universities in the US, have reached Australia, grabbing the attention of investors drawn to the new business model and returns in excess of 30%. Developed by universities ...

BT Super, Mercer merger completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
Mercer has officially taken on BT's personal and corporate superannuation products, as well as Advance Asset Management, entering the big leagues with about $63 billion in assets. The finalised merger brings the total member count for Mercer Super ...

Financial Advice Association Australia officially launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) today has officially launched, finalising the low-awaited merger between the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The FAAA unveiled a new ...

CALI hires policy director from FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
The Council of Australian Life Insurers has welcomed the former policy head of the Financial Planning Association of Australia to its leadership ranks. Ben Marshan will join CALI on March 27 as director of policy and industry affairs, following an announcement ...

FPA policy and advocacy lead steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's general manager of policy and advocacy will step down after seven years with the organisation. Ben Marshan joined the FPA in 2015 as a manager for professional standards and advocacy and moved into several ...

Barrenjoey launches social purpose fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
Barrenjoey has launched a new social purpose portfolio management company, Community Capital, with a cornerstone investment from Australian Retirement Trust. The Community Capital Credit Fund has been founded by Barrenjoey and Laurence Marshbaum, a ...

Rest names new independent chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
Rest chair Ken Marshman will step down at the end of the year, to be replaced by a former Victorian government minister. Marshman has been on the Rest board since December 2017 when he joined as an independent director. In July 2014, he became independent ...