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Trustee Partners hunts GM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
Trustee Partners is recruiting a general manager to head its Australian operations. The general manager will report to the global chief executive and be responsible for running day-to-day operations of the Australian business, including overseeing the ...

Listed advice groups gaining ground

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
As banks and major financial institutions are challenged to address set backs across respective wealth and advice businesses, several listed advice groups have shown they are on to a winning model. Growth for Centrepoint Alliance's wealth division is ...

YBR partnership drives wealth renewal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
In transforming its wealth division Yellow Brick Road will work with an industry software provider to benefit its network of franchisee owners. YBR will roll out Rubik's scaled advice software Provisio to its franchisees, enabling them to write 80% ...

Centrepoint growing wealth business

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
December half-year results for financial advice group Centrepoint Alliance were buoyed by the performance of its wealth division and the sale of its premium funding business. The ASX-listed company's wealth segment reported a 29% EBITDA increase on ...

Padua founder takes on new role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
The founder of Padua Financial Group is returning to take on a leadership role at the advice-focused fintech group he co-founded in 2013. Matt Esler is returning as Padua Financial Group's executive chair after co-founding the company in 2013 with his ...

CBA records $4.9bn half-year profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm recorded a $249 million profit in the second half of 2016, up 6% on the first six months of the calendar year. The wealth division was a small contributor to CBA's overall net profit after tax of $4.9 billion ...

Asset manager appoints Aussie distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
A former senior institutional business development manager at Challenger is the first Australian head of distribution for global asset manager CQS. Louise Watson joined CQS last month, with her appointment marking a significant step in CQS' Australian ...

Perpetual hires former Count CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
A new group executive will take the reins at Perpetual Investments in April. Before this role, David Lane was chief executive of Count Financial - the wealth management business established by industry luminary Barry Lambert in 1980. Prior to that ...

Suncorp begins life business optimisation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
Suncorp is implementing an optimisation program for its Australian life insurance business in a bid to improve competitiveness and achieve better customer outcomes. Announcing its half-year results today, Suncorp said it was rolling out the optimisation ...

AMP cops short-term pain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
AMP's wealth management inflows took a hit in 2016 as its adviser network felt the impact of legislative reform. Cashflows in to the wealth management division were impacted by regulatory uncertainty which caused investors to be wary of contributing ...