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AllianceBernstein sees global leadership shake-up

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
AllianceBernstein abruptly overhauled its global leadership team, replacing its chief executive and appointing three new directors. Parent company AXA Financial terminated chief executive Peter Kraus and appointed Seth Bernstein as president and chief ...

Voting opens for MAX Awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
One hundred finalists across 20 categories will represent leading financial services marketing, advertising and sales professionals at the 2017 Financial Standard MAX Awards. As voted by Financial Standard's readership, the 2017 Marketing, Advertising ...

Industry fund teams with Challenger on retirement

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Industry superannuation fund legalsuper is expanding its retirement product offering with the addition of two Challenger guaranteed income accounts. Both Lifetime and Fixed Term guaranteed income accounts will now be available - to provide members with ...

Nominations for adviser award opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
Nominations for the Asteron Life and the Association of Financial Advisers' annual Excellence in Education Award are now open. Celebrating its 10th year, the award recognises financial advisers who demonstrate professionalism and commitment to further ...

Fitzpatricks strengthens Victorian advice presence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
Fitzpatricks Private Wealth is continuing its expansion with the addition of two Melbourne advice practices. Chronos Private and Marasea Partners have aligned with Fitzpatricks, following a line of firms to come under its licence in the past 12 months. ...

AFA launches female excellence in advice award

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers will again celebrate the significant contribution made by female advisers to the profession, the community and clients with the launch of the Female Excellence in Advice Award. The award, which is a joint initiative ...

CBA spearheads push for quantum computing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
CBA is rolling out a simulation of a theoretical quantum computer to demonstrate how it could revolutionise banking and other industries. Unlike a traditional computer, where data is encoded into a binary system of zeroes and ones (bits), a quantum ...

Vanguard appoints three distribution heads

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Vanguard internally appointed three new heads of its distribution team. Matt Willis has become head of institutional, having previously been national sales manager - adviser, regional sales manager - northern, and business development manager. Rebecca ...

Advice rated excellent: MLC survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Not enough Australians are seeking financial advice, but the minority that do (30%) rate it highly, the latest MLC Wealth Sentiment Survey shows. An overwhelming amount (82%) of the participants in the quarterly survey who used a financial planner rated ...

MAX Awards launch Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
This year's MAX Awards will feature a new category - the Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year - to recognise the crucial role the industry plays in furthering wealth education. The introduction of the new category coincides with the 25th anniversary ...