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Macquarie hires insurance specialist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Macquarie Private Wealth has appointed Craig Boss as insurance specialist. Boss joins Macquarie Private Wealth from AG Private Advisory and brings risk and wealth management advisory services experience to the firm. Boss will provide insurance solutions ...

Commerzbank sells wealth management arm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Another international bank is divesting its wealth management business to focus on its core business as Commerzbank sells its UK wealth management division, Kleinwort Benson, to RHJ International. RHJ International owns Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands ...

Tax system should improve wellbeing: Henry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... and good government means having effective tools to improve people's lives. These lessons are pushing the Tax Review to focus on the key themes of the ageing population, environmental degradation, managing the impacts of globalisation and technological ...

Trust completes business review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Trust Company has finalised a strategic review of their business, which has led to a renewed focus on developing the firm to be the leading trustee in the market. The strategic review, which was flagged in April this year and conducted by John Aitkin ...

Too many choices, too many fees: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... the explosion in SMSFs, the Henry and Cooper reviews, and the expected government reviews of these tax concessions. The focus on costs reinforces increasing attention being paid to efficiency in the superannuation system, including a push to lower headline ...

Ord Minnett appoints sales head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Ord Minnett has appointed Richard Wolff as head of emerging company institutional equities sales. Wolff will focus on servicing Ord Minnett's institutional clients in the emerging company sector, including its trading and execution capabilities, company ...

GMO and Lazard win combined $1.4bn in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... Asset Management have been terminated. Schroder and BGI continue to manage mandates for ipac, although their mandates would focus on the broad Australian equities market. Rogers said the new chapter of the firm's Aussie equities mandates is focused on ...

AIOFP elects new board for PCM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... new platform providers for PCM. Johnston said the association is preparing for new industry legislation ahead, where the focus has been on cutting down the cost of financial advice to the average Australian. "This has been based on market pressure on ...

Director pay rise trend will slow: RiskMetrics

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... some new evidence that boards are starting to renew themselves - it was entirely appropriate last year for directors to focus on getting through the crisis over issues of renewal," said Byrne. The number of women on S&P/ASX 100 boards is also steadily ...

Thin line between values and money

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... what doesn't change? Their values, beliefs and philosophies." "So if you want to maintain a relationship with them and you focus on those things, you've got the connection that really matters," he said. That's why part of Musgrave's services to his clients ...