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Global manager begins alternative risk premia push

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... joining Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) in 2017, two additional Schroders personnel have made the switch. The focus for Peter Weidner and Mark Brandreth among Wells Fargo's multi-asset team will be to design alternative risk premia solutions for ...

Challenger flags new Fidante partnership, record profit

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... maturity and maximising our return to shareholders. This is underpinning our future growth," Benari said. Challenger chair Peter Polson added: "We continue to focus on managing costs and remain one of the most efficient financial services companies. ...

Court fines advice firm $7.8m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... process often resulted in a substantial erosion of the client's superannuation balances, the court said. ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said the breaches were the result of poor conduct. "This is a significant outcome in a case where a financial services ...

Board appointment at Westpac

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
Westpac appointed a former KPMG executive to its board and two committees. Peter Nash, who was a senior partner at KPMG, will serve as an independent non-executive director and a member of the risk and compliance, and audit committees effective March ...

ClearView issues refunds over life sales misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... balanced. Insurers should properly supervise their sales staff and ensure that no misconduct is occurring," ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said. The review is part of the regulator's Indigenous Outreach Program. Separately, ClearView has launched an online ...

Pacific Current sells stake in insto investment firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... entitled to certain performance fees until 31 March 2019. The stake has been sold to Goodhart founders Alan Bartlett and Peter Taylor, along with other members of the firm. "We appreciate the efforts of Goodhart's founders and the Goodhart management ...

Consistent growth fuels Future Fund cyber fears

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... constant risk of a cyberattack on the Future Fund's investment portfolio is among its top concerns. Future Fund chairman Peter Costello said in a portfolio update this morning that the sovereign wealth fund considers cybersecurity risk to be a major ...

Lead portfolio manager named for new international LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... supporter of charitable foundations." PROFILE: Read the FS Private Wealth cover story on Geoff Wilson Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove said Australia Day was a day "to recognise inspiring every-day Australians whose selflessness and determination ...

Royal Commission begins in February

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... 11 Exhibition Street, Melbourne and will commence at 10am. The Royal Commission was established by Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove on 14 December 2017, with former High Court judge Kenneth Hayne named as Royal Commissioner. At the time a joint statement ...

ASIC puts corner-cutting advisers on notice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... outcomes. Advisers, licensees and their staff who engage in these practices should consider this a final warning," ASIC chair Peter Kell said. "AFS licensees have ultimate responsibility for the conduct of their representatives and need to effectively ...