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Lazard names the local head of retail sales

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... years at Macquarie Asset Management as head of wholesale distribution. Granbery's previous roles include business development manager at Perpetual and practice manager at MLC.

iExtend hires national BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
iExtend has expanded its distribution team by appointing a national business development specialist, hiring from Resolution Life. In the newly created role, David Sutjipto will work closely with financial advisers to enhance the client experience and ...

HMC Private adds investment director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... BlackRock. He held several roles at the world's largest asset manager, including ETF capital markets and business development. In 2018, he joined BetaShares as director of institutional business. He later became chief executive of Cosmos Asset Management ...

End of an era: Longtime Platinum exec exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... involved far more than her title suggests. During her 30 years with the fund manager, Norman also oversaw business development, researcher relationships, and product development. Her departure followed that of Douglas Isles, has left Platinum a couple ...

GCQ adds sales director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... Higgins, Nathan Boroughs & Adam Philippe in New South Wales. Before working for Ausbil as a senior wholesale business development manager, he held similar roles at aZurich and Challenger. The appointment comes as GCQ continues to expand its distribution ...

Vale Rupert Smoker

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... in the financial services industry, particularly through his time at Perpetual, where he had overseen the business development as head of responsible entity services. Before that, Smoker held senior positions at ASIC and The Trust Company before it was ...

Acadian hires local institutional distribution lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... investors across Australia and New Zealand. Matthew McLenaghan has been appointed senior vice president, business development, institutional and will report to Gill Savage, chief executive of Acadian Australia and head of Asia Pacific. In his new role ...

Natixis IM adds distribution leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... spent the last five years at Pengana Capital Group where he was a distribution manager. He also worked in business development and account management roles at Russell Investments, AIA Australia and AMP. Natixis IM country head for Australia and New Zealand ...

Advisers favour third-party support in product selection

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... it's reshaping relationships," Spittle added. "Advisers want fewer but more meaningful interactions, led by business development managers who bring real insight. Responsiveness and product knowledge matter most, cited by 66% and 60% of advisers respe ...

Allianz Retire+ streamlines business, trims workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... growth." AA Life also did not comment on which roles were affected but it is understood that they include business development positions.