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First virtual MAX Awards go live tonight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
The first virtual Financial Standard MAX Awards will go live from 6pm tonight, celebrating the best and brightest in advertising, marketing and sales. Now in their 25th year, and first as a virtual event, the MAX Awards will be presented online hosted ...

VFMC appoints head of equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... VFMC has hired Shali Lingaretnam, who was most recently the chief investment officer of CCI Asset Management. Lingaretnam will join as a senior portfolio manager (external mandates) on May 25 and report to Stavropoulos. VFMC manages about a third of ...

Allan Gray appoints head of adviser distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... additional national responsibilities in the distribution team including strategic distribution initiatives. Julian Morrison will continue in his role as head of research houses and key accounts. "The strong growth in absolute adviser numbers discovering ...

ANZ profits halve, dividend deferred

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... profits for 1H20 compared to last year as it defers its interim dividend awaiting greater clarity of the impact COVID-19 will have. The big bank's half-year results show a statutory profit after tax of $1.55 billion, down 51% on the prior corresponding ...

MLC Life executive joins AFCA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... joined MLC Life in June 2017 as chief claims officer before being appointed chief of customer operations in February 2019 will link with the authority in June. She is also the former chief executive of AIA New Zealand, and has previously worked as a ...

VFMC confirms new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... officer, following the departure of Bryony Hayes in January. In a statement to Financial Standard, VFMC chief executive Lisa Gray confirmed acting chief risk officer Lucy Carr has been officially appointed to the role on a permanent basis. Carr took ...

Warakirri appoints exclusive manager for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... manage about $375 million across its equities strategies, as it moves away from multi-manager structure. Northcape Capital will now manage Warakirri Asset Management's equities strategies ($300 million in Aussie equities, $75 million in international ...

COVID-19 will increase demand for advice: Survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
Almost eight in 10 advisers surveyed by Allan Gray think the COVID-19 crisis will increase the demand for financial advice. Allan Gray polled 70 financial advisers after an investment webinar, and found 77% of the advisers think the health and economic ...

BGH Capital, Canadian pension fund shelve NZ acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... Monday while the New Zealand practices have been closed since March 24. Majority of its staff in the two countries have or will be stood down but some practices may operate to offer emergency services. The two parties terminated their scheme implementation ...

Mirae appoints wholesale distribution lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... Investments to appoint a lead for its wholesale distribution in Australia. Tim Reimers has joined in the Sydney-based role and will work with financial advisers, as Mirae does a hard launch of its strategies to the wholesale channel. Mirae has been in ...