Fund Regulatory Update

  • Mutual Care AFS licence suspended

  • Assurance Cover Australia AFS licence cancelled

  • Ascent Investment to liquidate under court order

  • APRA heatmap reveals 45 per cent underperformance rate

  • APRA revealed options that significantly underperformed, managed by:

  • Future Super penalty for greenwashing

  • Government announcement on paying super with wages

  • APRA and AFCA sign MoU

  • APRA consultation on combining product histories

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Fund People Update

  • SMSF Association appoints head of membership

  • Cboe appoints head of communications, marketing specialist, client relationship manager

  • AFCA CEO reappointed

  • Goldman Sachs farewells chair

  • Aviva Investors welcomes client solutions director

  • Cbus CEO departs, interim appointed

  • AMP appoints deputy chief economist

  • Mercer Super appoints executive team

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Fund People Update

  • Yarra Capital welcomes two investment heads

  • VFMC appoints head of equities

  • Mason Stevens appoints head of asset allocation

  • Aware Super welcomes portfolio manager

  • FSC welcomes two new board members

  • JBWere appoints head of research

  • Australian Unity farewells chair and director

  • SMSF Members Association appoints CEO

  • BUSSQ appoints CIO

  • APRA chair resigns

  • legalsuper welcomes COO, head of product, manager of business development

  • Future Fund appoints two new heads

  • AFCA welcomes board member

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Risk People Update

  • ANZIIF announces Donna Walker Awards

  • ANZ welcomes new director

  • Allianz appoints acting CEO

  • HUB24 appoints chief product officer

  • AFA appoints CEO

  • FPA loses head

  • Zurich appoints head of partnerships, loses group insurance manager

  • Allianz Partners welcomes CEO

  • AFCA appoints six ombudsmen, promotes and reshuffles team

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Fund People Update

  • QSuper/Sunsuper merger executive team announced

  • IIG loses head of capital raising and investor relations

  • Citi promotes head of capital markets

  • FSC and AFCA appoint life code compliance committee chair

  • AFCA appoints lead ombudsman, insurance, small business

  • Rest welcomes new CFO

  • KPMG appoints new National Executive Committee

  • BlackRock joins institutional and retail distribution teams

  • IFM Investors welcomes new board member

  • IOOF appoints chief asset management officer

  • UniSuper welcomes new CEO

  • Future Fund appoints board member

  • LGIAsuper CEO position filled, leadership team announced

  • JANA welcomes head of sustainability

  • WTW director of investment research for private markets departs

  • AMP executive retiring

  • Praemium CEO departs

  • ASX deputy CEO resigns

  • AIST Trustee of the Year 2020

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Fund People as at 26 November 2019

Fund People as at 26 November 2019
  • Lonsec Research appoints executive director

  • CFS and Avanteos welcome independent non-executive director

  • LGS appoints new CEO

  • MLC welcomes head of managed accounts

  • AFCA appoints COO

  • ASFA welcomes new board members

  • Fiona Trafford-Walker retires from Frontier Advisors

  • David Smith passes away

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Risk Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 18 September 2018

  • AMP updates medical definitions

  • AIA Australia two year policy fee waiver offer

  • OnePath premium waivers for drought-affected farmers

  • New fintech to replace paraplanners launched

  • Junior financial adviser roles at BT to go, advice restructure

  • Morgan Stanley false claims of independence

  • ASIC commences proceedings against NULIS and MLC

  • AFCA complaints resolution rules, independent assessor terms approved

  • FASEA shutting down so-called FASEA-approved courses

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