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Iress rejigs leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... his existing portfolios of APAC wealth and UK wealth and sourcing. Price said Mitchell has proven himself as a dynamic leader at Iress, delivering improved profitability and performance in the wealth business and executing a significant turnaround in ...

Managed account FUM passes $200bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... participating as a result of changed corporate policy in the Census," Potter explained. Meanwhile, Milliman's practice leader in Australia Victor Huang pointed to prominent improvement in the market but said investors should be wary of geopolitical factors. ...

Rest chief investment officer departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
Rest has announced the departure of its chief investment officer Andrew Lill after he resigned from the role. Rest chief executive officer Vicki Doyle thanked Lill for his contribution to the super fund and wished him well for the future. "Andrew joined ...

ANZ, OnePath settle $50m class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
... pay commissions to financial advisers that resulted in no additional benefit to members. Slater and Gordon practice group leader Kirsten Morrison said the firm was pleased that thousands of Australians would now be eligible for compensation. "It also ...

Partners Wealth Group appoints new head of distribution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
Partners Wealth Group appointed a new head of distribution, a former three-time Olympic gold medalist no less, for its wholesale investments division, Partners Private. James Tomkins, who was most recently a national sales manager at UBS Asset Management ...

Commonwealth Bank shakes up executive leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
Commonwealth Bank has overhauled its executive leadership team after two senior members signalled their intent to retire next year. Commonwealth Bank chief risk officer Nigel Williams and human resources group executive Sian Lewis will both step down ...

HESTA snags AMP head of compliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... to join AMP in 2020. Speaking on the appointment, chief executive Debby Blakey described Pietsch as a "seasoned senior leader" and will reinforce the fund's dedication to maximising member returns while strengthening HESTA's compliance procedure. "Tim's ...

AustralianSuper appoints first chief liquidity officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
AustralianSuper has appointed Chandu Bhindi as the fund's first chief liquidity officer, effective January 2025. Bhindi joins AustralianSuper from Commonwealth Bank, where he was responsible for the group's funding and liquidity and most recently as ...

ART, Perennial back debt collection fintech

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
A local fintech, backed by Australian Retirement Trust and Perennial Partners, has completed a $60 million capital raise. InDebted, a fintech that provides 'personal' debt collection services underpinned by artificial intelligence and machine learning ...

Lack of talent challenging DDO compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
The regulator's recent crackdown on risk and compliance in the sector has product issuers stuck between a rock and a hard place, with an extreme dearth of talent making it difficult for fund managers and super funds to meet ASIC's expectations. Earlier ...