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Aon, Willis Towers Watson terminate merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
The US$30 billion merger between Aon and Willis Towers Watson is off, with Aon paying WTW a US$1 billion termination fee. In a statement, the companies said it was a mutual agreement - though the decision was forced by lack of regulatory approval in ...

De Gori to leave FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori will step down at the end of the year. De Gori, who has served as chief executive since March 2016, has advised the FPA's board of his intention to leave. He has been with ...

AFA announces new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has appointed a new chief executive to replace Phil Kewin who resigned earlier this year. Helen Morgan-Banda will move into the role on August 2. She has nearly 10 years of experience as the chief executive of two ...

Janus Henderson hires global operations chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
The ASX-listed US$405 billion manager has hired from State Street to appoint a global chief operating officer. James Lowry will join Janus Henderson on October 1. The newly created role is based in London and reports to Janus Henderson chief executive ...

Zenith adds client to Macquarie Wrap

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
Zenith Investment Partners has launched a new managed account client on Macquarie Wrap as adviser demand for managed account solutions soars. Zenith worked with The Moreton Group to develop a customised managed account on Macquarie Wrap, which has helped ...

Consultation opens for approved courses

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is taking feedback on new degrees and courses that should be recognised as prior learning. The consultation period, which opened on July 19 ends on July 30, is seeking to approve a number of several ...

ASIC spells out IDR reporting

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
The corporate regulator has released the internal dispute resolution (IDR) reporting documents including a data dictionary and glossary. Financial firms across the industry will be the first to test the documents in a pilot later this year in what marks ...

Bank rebound buoys Aussie equities funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Australian banking sector has rebounded from being among the worst performers of the 2020 financial year to among the best for 2021. That's according to Mercer's Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance Survey. The survey also demonstrated ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Delta variant that's doing the rounds in Greater Sydney crossed the Victorian border last week - prompting a five-day lockdown in the state at about the same time that NSW imposed tighter restrictions. Previous to this and conducted "through ...

PineBridge launches Asia small caps fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
The $172 billion fund manager has launched its third Australian-domiciled fund. The PineBridge Asia ex Japan Small Cap Genesis Fund is an Australia-domiciled fund that feeds into the strategy's UCITS fund. The underlying strategy is benchmark unaware ...