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CommInsure appoints head of investment strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Former head of investments at Suncorp has been appointed head of investment strategy at CommInsure. Craig Lamb started his new role in December 2013 and is responsible for developing, implementing and reporting on Commonwealth Bank's insurance business ...

IOOF adapts distribution team for post-FoFA world

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
IOOF is the last of a number of organisations to restructure its distribution team in order to adapt to a post-Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) environment. IOOF will hire a head of Specialist Sales responsible for investment, self-managed, and tax ...

AMP IM director departs as restructure rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
AMP Financial Services director of Investment Management Stephanie Weston has left the company amid a broad restructure of the business that has led to a number of job cuts recently. AMP's investment management team is likely to be integrated in the ...

SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) "are retarding growth in Australia" by controlling much of the equity that could be used for new investment and demanding dividend increases instead. A Credit Suisse report called "The rise of the Selfies" notes that ...

Microequities AM appoints former Macquarie treasurer

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
Microequities Asset Management has appointed former Macquarie Group treasurer Craig Shapiro as a non-executive director. Shapiro has been in the financial services industry for over 25 year and spent 22 of them at Macquarie. Established in 2005 as an ...

PIMCO chief El-Erian steps down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
PIMCO's global chief executive and co-chief investment officer Mohamed El-Erian will step down from both posts in mid-March, after 15 years with the company. He will remain on the International Executive Committee of the group's Munich-based parent ...

K2 Advisors exec resurfaces at QIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Queensland-based investment management giant QIC has appointed Craig Balenzuela CFA as its new director, client and consultant relationships. Balenzuela will be responsible for developing and maintaining client and consultant relationships for the $75 ...

Robertson and Wadell out in AMP reshuffle

HARRY PAGE, ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
Two key AMP financial advice executives have become the first high-profile casualties of yesterday's company restructure announcement. The managing director of AMP-aligned dealer group Genesys Wealth Advisers Paul Robertson and Andrew Waddell, director ...

AMP restructure to lead to job cuts

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
Some jobs may be on the chopping block at AMP as a result of chief executive Craig Meller's restructure of the business which began last year and continued today with the announcement of key leadership appointments. "As we move towards a more efficient ...

AMP names new division leadership teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014