| | | David Atkin, chief executive of CBUS, has been appointed as an industry funds representative to ASFA's board of directors. |
| | | | John McMurdo, managing director at Hillross Financial Services, has left to join Centric Wealth as chief executive. Ray Djani, head of growth and M&A at Hillross, takes his spot until a replacement is found. |
| | | | Peter Walsh, former head of retail at Putnam Investments in Australia, has been appointed head of retail distribution. |
| | | | IOOF has appointed Ron Beard, previously a general manager at Aviva Australia, as its new general manager in operations, effective this week. |
| | | | MLC has appointed ex-Aviva Frank Lombardo to key insurance role and promoted David Evans, Andrew Howard, Sean McCormack and Graham Morrison to its insurance leadership team. |
| | | | Industry heavyweights Michael D'Ascenzo, Robert Maple-Brown, and Peter Hall are among those honoured at this year's Australia Day celebrations for their work in and outside the finance industry. |
| | | | Andrew Bird, chief executive at Morningstar Australasia, is stepping down from the role at the end of March. |
| | | | Property and funds manager Cromwell Group has appointed former Mirvac executive Noel Woodward to the position of head of property services. |
| | | | HSBC Bank Australia has hired Contango Asset Management investment services director, Carol Austin, as an independent non-executive director and Peter Wong also as a non-executive director. |
| | | | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has appointed former managing director of Commonwealth Securities (CommSec), Matthew Comyn, as chief executive of its Australian wealth management business. |
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