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Principals' Community retains BT members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
The newly independent Principals' Community has retained 92% of previous members after parting ways with BT Financial Group. The community, headed up Kon Costas, is a service for self-licensed financial advice businesses - offering support, education ...

Leadership shuffle, redundancies at OpenMarkets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... of the year to "right size" the business. "Following chief executive Ivan Tchourilov's regrettable resignation last week, Open Markets Group (OMG) appointed Dan Jowett to the role of chief executive. Dan joined OMG as chief commercial officer in January ...

BTIG opens new office, hires leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
BTIG is expanding in Australia with a new Melbourne office, recruiting two managing directors from AustralianSuper and VFMC to head it up. The new office marks BTIG's second in Australia and 20 th worldwide, with the investment manager saying it will ...

ASIC sets adviser exam dates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... first round of exams that took place in February, ASIC announced new sitting dates yesterday. Enrolments for the May sitting open on April 4 and close on April 26. Financial advisers will have the option to sit the exam on the following dates: May 12 ...

Super Fierce targets gender wealth gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... platform collates their super information, runs the numbers through its proprietary calculator and compares against every open fund in market. It then provides a digital Statement of Advice and provides assistance in switching, if needed. As of February ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... experienced Responsible Investment Committee," BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur says. "Companies are increasingly open to the need to improve on ESG considerations, including efforts to improve gender diversity. However, this was not always the ...

AvSuper names insurer, premiums rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
AvSuper has appointed a new group insurer and will increase premiums from next month, as it continues work to identify a merger partner. The $2.5 billion fund has awarded a group insurance mandate to AIA Australia. The fund's membership is currently ...

New digital solution to close advice gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
SWU Group has partnered with OpenInvest to make high quality investment products and services more readily available. The online investing solution, called SWU Online Invest, is being delivered via a partnership with Melbourne-based fintech investment ...

Winner of Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award 2022 announced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has congratulated the first winner of the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award for 2022. Melbourne-based senior advice compliance analyst Danica Lozada of Industry Fund Services has taken home the award. ...

Pendal appoints portfolio manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... ability to be disciplined, detailed and have the vision to see potential ahead of the market. Andrew is a great colleague, open minded, supportive, and always acts with the upmost integrity. Andrew leaves a uniquely strong legacy. We wish him all the ...