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CountPlus firm acquires advice boutique

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... employees and principals, having first purchased 25% of the firm in 2010. At the time, CountPlus' then chief executive Phil Aris said shared-equity models held greater incentives for to grow businesses. "Under a shared-equity model, our member firms ...

Natixis announces global c-suite changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
Natixis Investment managers have announced the creation of a chief operating officer role as well as a new appointment for chief executive of Ostrum Asset Management. Joseph Pinto has been appointed chief operating officer of Natixis investment managers ...

Recognition for industry leader in fight against slavery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
The head of ESG research at Ausbil Investment Management has been recognised with an Anti-Slavery Australia's Freedom Award for his work in combatting slavery. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny was awarded a Certificate of High Commendation for his contribution ...

Grandfathered commissions ban passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... legislation to ban grandfathered commissions. Association of Financial Advisers general manager, policy and professionalism Phil Anderson has been vocal about the complexity of grandfathered commissions. He released a paper arguing that policy makers ...

Fund Manager of the Year revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
The Fund Manager of the Year has been named at the eighth annual Zenith Fund Awards, with the winner also taking out top honours for infrastructure and international equities excellence. Magellan Asset Management took home the Fund Manager of the Year ...

Regal appoints global distribution lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
Regal Funds Management has appointed a new global head of distribution, recruiting from Pendal Group. Rebecca Fesq will join the investment manager after five years at Pendal Group after where she is head of client experience and direct. She takes on ...

Grattan modelling flawed, misleading: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
Phil Gallagher and Bruce Bastian said the average worker will receive around $50,000 more than the Grattan Institute's "flawed and misleading analysis." ISA said modelling done by Grattan is based on dubious assumptions that "don't stack up" and there ...

Chief economist update: When monetary and fiscal policies don't meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
He said, he said. This must be a thing now. Just as US President Trump and his central bank governor Jerome Powell don't see eye to eye with the conduct of government and monetary policies, there is no meeting of the minds between Australian Prime ...

Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... their members by the AFA and FPA is nothing short of shameful." In a statement to Financial Standard, AFA chief executive Phil Kewin labelled the UFAA's claims as unhelpful, false and misleading. "We are disappointed that in the current environment ...

NAB hit with extra billion in remediation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
National Australia Bank announced an additional $1.18 billion in remediation expenses, mostly relating to financial advice. Combined with previously announced remediation costs, NAB is now facing a total remediation bill of $2.09 billion. The unforeseen ...