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Dover exit renews self-licensing calls

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
The collapse of Dover Financial Advisers has left more than 400 advisers with a narrow 30-day window to sign on with a new licensee, renewing calls for a more straightforward self-licensing regime. It's unclear at this stage where those 400 advisers ...

Sequoia sells direct equities business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
Sequoia Financial Group noted the sale of its direct equities business in a market update. Sequoia said it was selling Sequoia Direct as part of a "simplication of its overall operation by reducing the number of AFSLs operated within the Sequoia group." ...

ASX-listed multi-boutique names new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
An ASX-listed multi-boutique with $70 billion in assets under management worldwide has named its new chief executive. Paul Greenwood takes the reins at Pacific Current Group having previously been the group's chief investment officer and co-founder. ...

Aurora reshuffles compliance team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
After the departure of two external members of its compliance committee, Aurora Funds Management appointed replacements with immediate effect. Anthony Hartnell joins the committee while also serving as Aurora's non-executive chair. He was previously ...

Russell Master Trust COO departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
The chief operating officer of Russell Investments' Master Trust and Russell iQ platform has left the company after about 15 years. Jason Marler joined Russell in 2004 as a senior product manager before taking on his most recent role three years ...

Cbus aims to reduce costs through internalisation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
In a speech at the Master Builders Australia National Leaders Summit in Canberra, Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok said his fund aims to manage at least 35% of its assets internally by 2022, thereby reducing costs by about 18 basis points. ...

TAL veterans launch new life insurance provider

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
A group of former TAL executives have launched a new distributor of life insurance products backed by a global reinsurer. NEOS Life aims to distribute through the financial adviser market and offers life, total and permanent disability, critical illness ...

ANZ creates mental health portal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
ANZ is partnering to roll out a mental health and wellness portal to assist advisers with their own mental health as well as that of their clients. The bank is working with health and wellbeing company Mindstar, which has developed the online portal ...

UniSuper appoints executive manager from HESTA

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
A new executive manager, people services will join UniSuper in July. Julie Watkins joins the $66 billion super fund from HESTA, where she was people executive. Prior to that she was chief human resources officer at AIA, global talent director at Treasury ...

SSGA appoints head of retirement solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
State Street Global Advisors has appointed a new head of retirement solutions for Australia. Jonathan Shead has worked in various SSGA roles since 2000; he was most recently head of portfolio solutions for the Asia-Pacific region. Before SSGA, he was ...
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