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Geoff Lloyd to lead Perpetual wealth spin-off

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026

Former Perpetual chief executive Geoff Lloyd will become executive chair of the fund manager's wealth platform following its recent acquisition by Bain Capital. Earlier this week, Bain agreed to buy Perpetual Wealth Management, which has $21.9 billion ...

Bullish on AI? Don't buy US tech: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026

... automobile came along because of inner city trucking," he said. "So trucking, you know, automobile stocks went up, and there was Ford and General Motors, but 1000 other car companies went out of business, and railroad stocks got hammered. "And that's ...

Perpetual extends exclusive talks for wealth management sale

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025

Perpetual has extended the exclusivity deed with Bain Capital Private Equity to Q1 next year. In an ASX announcement this morning, Perpetual said while discussions are progressing well, there is no certainty of reaching a binding agreement, or that ...

Perpetual confirms exclusivity with Bain Capital

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025

Perpetual confirmed it is in exclusive talks with Bain Capital Private Equity to offload its wealth management business following media reports. The $232 billion fund manager said it signed an exclusivity deed with Bain Capital Private Equity to further ...

Rest appoints chief member officer

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025

... has appointed Simone Van Veen as chief member officer, taking over from general manager, brand and member experience Andrew Ford who stepped in as interim chief member officer following the departure of Deborah Potts in November last year. Based in Melbourne ...

FAAA celebrates adviser excellence

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024

... Cachia was named the FAAA Adviser of the Year. As a sponsor of the award, Zurich Australia head of adviser channel Kieran Ford congratulated Cachia for his contributions. "Being part of the judging panel and seeing first-hand the talent and passion from ...

Chief member officer departs Rest

ELIZABETH FRY | FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024

... years, now is the right time to shift focus. I'm incredibly proud of the team and all we have achieved together." Andrew Ford, Rest's general manager of brand and member experience, will step into the role of interim chief member officer when ...

Liberal MP calls for SoA replacement

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024

Liberal MP Bert van Manen is calling for the Record of Advice (RoA) to replace the Statement of Advice (SoA) and has introduced the proposed changes in a bill to parliament. Federal member for Forde, Bert van Manen, yesterday introduced the Corporations ...

Commonwealth Bank shakes up executive leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024

... banking, primarily at Goldman Sachs, across London, New York, and Sydney. Robinson, meanwhile, was most recently president of Ford's Canadian and Mexican operations and general manager of its family vehicles portfolio. Prior to that, she led the company's ...

Early release of super scammer sent to prison

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024

... of super by using myGov accounts to claim to be other super account holders. SFCT chief and ATO deputy commissioner John Ford said: "This outcome sends a clear message to the community that we do bring those who exploit the tax and super system to account ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI | 12:42PM

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | 12:34PM

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI | 12:17PM

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA | 12:29PM

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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