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FSC board adds Challenger chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... Hamilton held senior roles at Invesco, First Sentier Investors, and Thomson Reuters. He took on the top job at Challenger on January 1, replacing Richard Howes, who announced his retirement in early 2021. FSC chair David Bryant said Hamilton brings an ...

Zurich makes leadership appointment

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... officer, effective immediately. Leung has served as chief operations officer of Zurich's general insurance business since January 2021. She will also continue in this role until mid-March, Zurich said. In her new role, Leung will be focused on maintaining ...

GigSuper folds, administrator takes over

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... launched. DW Advisory was appointed as administrator on 10 December 2021. DW Advisory held a creditors' meeting on January 22 online, detailing the financial circumstances of the startup. GigSuper had less than 200 members in mid-2021 and $2.8 million ...

Advisers optimistic about revenue growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... Bank of Australia, household savings ratio sat at 19.8% at the start of October 2021, up from 9.8% at the beginning of January 2020. Given that Australians' savings accounts have soared during the coronavirus pandemic, the survey found there are opportunities ...

QIC bolsters real estate business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... business, recruiting from Lendlease. Sally Harding joined QIC as head of alternative income, QIC Real Estate at the end of January. She comes from Lendlease where she held the role of head of commercialisation, asset management. She has also previously ...

Vision Super adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... experience spans the private and public sectors. The industry super fund appointed Vijaya (VJ) Vaidyanath to its board on January 1. Vaidyanath is the former chief executive of the City of Yarra and is the inaugural chief executive of Homes Melbourne ...

Synchron names new state manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... SA. Her appointment follows the passing of former South Australia and Northern Territory state manager Chris Regenass in January. The group's director Don Trapnell commented that Crother's experience in working with financial advisers and the ...

ETF industry loses $5bn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
The local exchange-traded fund industry dropped by 3.7% in January as share markets fell worldwide. According to BetaShares' latest insights, the industry fell $5.1 billion month on month to end January at $131.8 billion. Meanwhile, about $1.5 billion ...

AFA Practitioner Community appoints new leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... serves as the AFA's Victorian Practitioner chair. Brisbane-based Jacovides launched Mazi Wealth, a non-aligned firm, in January. She currently sits on the committee of Women in Super.

Foundation rolls out financial literacy program for students

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... learning experience," she said. A recent survey commissioned by Ecstra of 2049 Australians conducted over December 2021 to January 2022 found that over half of teachers (52%) have not taught financial education at school. The survey also reported that ...