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GESB announces key hires

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
West Australian super fund GESB hired Fabian Ross as head of wealth management and Martin Hedley as head of strategy. Prior to joining the super fund, Ross spent 18 years at the Commonwealth Bank managing the financial planning division before joining ...

ASIC suspends WA AFSL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) suspended the licence of West Australian based Concentric Wealth Management after it found it couldn't manage it's own debt. In August Mervyn Kitay was appointed receiver manager of Cottesloe ...

Allianz provides BankWest insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
BankWest and Allianz Finance signed a referral relationship whereby the West Australian banking group refers all new debtor finance customers to Allianz Finance. The deal means besides new debtor customers, existing debtor finance clients will been ...

Financial Wisdom recognises its best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
West Australian financial planning practice, Wealth Wise and financial adviser, Cameron O'Sullivan won Financial Wisdom's practice and rising star awards respectively. Financial Wisdom Practice of the Year, Wealth Wise, employs six advisers and 11 support ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... fourth quarter and full-year results. Corporate Express Australia Ltd announces interim results. Asciano Group, West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd and Hills Industries Ltd announce annual results. Origin Energy Ltd chairman Kevin McCann will address ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... Melbourne Institute issues its bulletin of economic trends. David Jones Ltd chief executive Mark McInnes addresses the West Australian Leadership Matters breakfast in Perth, and a general meeting will be held for Oxiana Ltd shareholders to approve its ...

ASIC bans three Westpoint planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... disclosed the commission he received from YSM and misled clients on YSM investments. In addition, the regulator banned West Australian based financial adviser, Leslie Walters from providing financial services for two years after an ASIC investigation ...

GESB mutual on hold

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
WA-based GESB's plans to attain full mutual status yesterday faced financial and legal roadblocks - prompting a delay of the transition until 1 November this year. According to Michele Dolin, chief executive of $8.8 billion GESB, all of the fund's systems ...

GESB converts to a 'true' mutual

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
WA-based $8.8 billion super fund GESB is next month scrapping its status as a public-servant only super fund and flicking the switch to become a mutual, complete with voting rights and direct member ownership. Starting 1 July, GESB members will have ...

Westscheme awards $10m private equity mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
West Australian industry superannuation fund Westscheme has appointed a $10 million private equity mandate to Brandon Capital. The biomedical-centric fund manager was awarded the mandate as Westscheme turned its attention to Australia's burgeoning medical ...