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Public service veteran retires from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
A long-serving company director and public servant will step down from AMP's board in May. Peter Shergold, who became an AMP director in 2008, held multiple positions including chair of the risk committee and non-executive director of both AMP Life ...

Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
ASIC has released a report on how large financial advice firms have addressed serious conduct, compliance and customer remediation issues, revealing serious concerns about how the industry has operated over the past five years. The report is part of ...

Global insurance tech eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
A global provider of life insurance claims software entered into a strategic partnership with an Australian wealth management consultancy. FINEOS, which services clients including AMP, CommInsure, Macquarie, ANZ, TAL and Westpac, has joined up with ...

Hastings wins Japanese government mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Hastings Funds Management was awarded an infrastructure debt mandate by the $181 billion bank owned by the Japanese government. The Development Bank of Japan, which is managed by the Japanese Minister of Finance and provides investment and loan services ...

BTIM builds out multi-asset team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
BT Investment Management is launching a new US-based multi-asset investment strategy and appointing a former managing director at JANA Partners to head it up. Giorgio Caputo will join BTIM subsidiary J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) in April, and ...

ASIC spots forex breaches at ANZ and Westpac

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings from Westpac and ANZ following an investigation into the banks' wholesale foreign exchange businesses. The regulator found that between 2008 and 2013, Westpac and ANZ's systems and controls failed to address ...

Peter Hall hands over remaining Hunter Hall shares

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Washington H. Soul Pattinson now has a 44.2% stake in Hunter Hall shares after Peter Hall sold his interest and accepted the former's takeover offer. WHSP has now revised its cash offer to $2.60 per share. Hunter Hall's independent directors have recommended ...

Suncorp inches closer to NZ insurer takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Suncorp increased its stake in a leading New Zealand insurer to 19.9% following a takeover bid in February. Suncorp's bid for Tower Insurance occurred shortly after the latter entered into a scheme implementation agreement with Fairfax Financial Holdings. ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
The Actuaries Institute is welcoming the appointment of a new president and leadership team. Jenny Lyon takes the leadership role while serving as a director at actuarial recruitment consulting firm SKL Executive. She has also held directorship roles ...

Grant Samuel flags two senior appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management appointed a new head of institutional business and head of retail distribution. Taking on the newly-created institutional business role, Charles Levinge joins Grant Samuel from Franklin Templeton, where he was senior manager ...