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What worries Aussie advisers: Natixis

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
The financial services Royal Commission coupled with the recent collapse of Dover Financial Advisers suggests it should come as no surprise that financial advisers are finding it difficult to navigate Australia's regulatory landscape. The 2018 Natixis ...

Global $221bn manager hires BlackRock exec for new Australian office

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
A global investment manager headquarted in Zurich has appointed the head of wealth for BlackRock's local iShares business to lead an expansion into the Australian market. Alex Zaika will become managing director for Australia at GAM Investments ...

Tribeca to become wholly owned by management

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
Tribeca Investment Partners is acquiring the equity stake of its longstanding distribution partner, after which it will be 100% owned by its management executives for the first time in 10 years. This will occur once the buy-back process with Grant Samuel ...

AMP adds legal expert to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
AMP is welcoming a legal and regulatory expert to its board in an effort to rebuild the company. John O'Sullivan joins AMP as a non-executive director effective 20 June 2018. He was a partner at Freehill Hollingdale & Page (now Herbert Smith Freehills) ...

Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
History is about to be made on 12 June 2018 at Sentosa Island in Singapore between the leader of the free world and the North Korean supremo. It's going to be a "win-win" deal according to US President Donald Trump. In all likelihood, North Korean ...

Former NAB adviser permanently banned

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
ASIC has permanently banned a former NAB financial adviser after it found he acted dishonestly and was not of good character. Max Kiattisak Eung, who also goes by Kiattisak Eungpongpan, has been banned by the regulator as it continues to investigate ...

Senior insto sales manager at Schroders retires

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
Schroders' senior institutional sales manager is retiring from the industry after more than a decade with the firm. Mark Bourgeois joined Schroders in 2007. Before that, he was vice president of institutional sales and investment services at Merrill ...

AustralianSuper exec makes next top CIO list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
An AustralianSuper investor is featured on a new list of 50 finance professionals whom recruiters say are currently the most coveted for chief investment officer (CIO) roles. The $129 billion superannuation fund's head of portfolio construction ...

Blue Sky denies private equity selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Shortly after announcing its domestic retail hedge fund would be wound up, Blue Sky assured investors it has no intention of selling its private equity business. KPMG is currently conducting an independent review of all Blue Sky-managed assets, although ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Australians all, let us rejoice! Our economy is in pole position. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy expanded by 3.1% in the year to the March quarter, accelerating from the 2.4% in the previous ...