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Blue Sky acquires majority stake in HPS

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
Blue Sky Private Equity has partnered with Partners Group to acquire a majority stake in hospital pharmacy services business HPS. Founded in 1975, HPS provides pharmaceutical products and services to private and public hospitals, oncology facilities ...

FPA announces CFP award winner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the winner of its third Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Apt Wealth Partners head of advice and director John Moran received the award - named after the financial planning pioneer - for ...

BNP appoints Australia head of asset services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
BNP Paribas has appointed an executive to the newly-created role of head of asset and fund services (AFS) business line in Australia. Ian Rae will be reporting to BNP head of Australia and New Zealand, David Braga, and globally to head of AFS Operations ...

Standard Life adds to multi asset team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
Standard Life Investments has appointed former BNP Paribas global head of equity and derivatives as investment director for its multi asset investment team. Gerry Fowler will be based in Edinburgh and will join a 57 strong team providing investment ...

Bennelong appoints insto distribution director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed a new director of distribution, institutional. Ryan Durance joins Bennelong from Schroders PLC, where he was product manager - equity long/short strategies. He has also held positions at Cazenove Capital Management ...

Internalisation has gone the full circle say CIOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
Superannuation funds are being further driven to internalise their operations as pressure continues in an environment working towards reducing member fees. Internalisation was a key talking point during the chief investment officer roundtable discussion ...

Small data beats big data

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
Despite 90% of financial services professionals seeing big data as a priority for their business, very few understand how to use it, according to Mercer consumer marketing leader Cambell Holt. Speaking at the Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising ...

Marketing could double financial services revenue

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
Financial services companies with integrated sales and marketing teams can nearly double their chances of growing revenue, according to Peter Strohkorb Consulting International chief executive Peter Strohkorb. Speaking at the Financial Standard Marketing ...

AMP Capital fundamental equities head retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
AMP Capital's head of fundamental equities has announced her retirement. Ella Brown joined the company in 2011, where she oversaw many aspects of AMP Capital's Global equities and fixed income division. Prior to that, she held non-executive investment ...

AB managed equities fund joins netwealth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
One of Alliance Bernstein's (AB) funds offering potential for wealth protection during downside markets was added to the netwealth investment platform. The AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund joined netwealth and it becomes the latest activity for AB ...