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AFA appoints chief commercial officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... including 11 years in business and practice development roles with ING Australia, Colonial First State, and BT Financial Group. AFA chief executive Brad Fox said that "her role as CCO [Fuchs] will be able to further grow and develop the AFA's widening ...

CBA appoints international experts to oversee advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
Jeff Carmichael's Promontory Financial Group has been appointed independent expert for the Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) Open Advice Review program. The appointment follows a series of announcements made ahead of the company results, which will be released ...

Fortnum ready to recruit advisers after ANZ stake buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
Fortnum Financial Group has bought the 20% stake that ANZ had in the dealer group and is now looking to grow by recruiting new practices. Following the buyout of the ANZ stake, Fortnum is among Australia's largest independent advice businesses. The ...

Fortnum completes ANZ buy-out

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... financial advisers raised the capital to buy out ANZ, who originally backed the dealer group in 2010. Fortnum Financial Group executive chairman Ray Miles thanked ANZ for its early support but said the Fortnum Group had evolved in line with the changing ...

Mercer appoints two independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... Health." "Jan had a successful executive career in banking, capital markets and life insurance with Westpac, BT Financial Group, County NatWest, Citigroup and Mercantile Mutual. She has gained valuable experience through her board positions with Australian ...

Fitzpatricks hires former CFSGAM head of marketing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
Fitzpatricks Financial Group has made two senior appointments in response to a growth in advisers and funds under advice. Former Colonial First State Global Asset Management head of marketing Colin Bold will head up the firm's marketing operations ...

BT makes key distribution role appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
BT Financial group has appointed a former Financial Services Council (FSC) executive to the role of key account manager in its adviser distribution team. Former Financial Services Council (FSC) senior manager of policy and advice Cecilia Storniolo has ...

Certitude appoints new regional manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... funds. He has also held senior positions with Australian Unity Investments, Morningstar Research and Challenger Financial Group. "Over the past few years the adviser market has become more sophisticated, as the demands on advisers to provide global capability ...

FSC's Storniolo leaves to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... Services Council (FSC) senior policy manager for advice Cecilia Storniolo left the organisation last week to join BT Financial Group. An FSC spokesperson confirmed that the departure is unrelated to FSC chief executive John Brogden's decision to leave ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper said raising adviser education standards is not enough and demanded that consumers be able to get full access to information about all Australia's financial planners. "Education is critical but assessed ...