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CBA wealth management FUA up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management division contributed strongly to the bank's solid half-year result, increasing funds under administration by 11% and delivering outperformance from 85% of funds over three years. The bank reported a statutory net ...

Rainmaker expands its investment capability with key appointment

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Rainmaker Group, one of Australia's leading diversified financial services and wealth management industry information and publishing groups, has appointed former AMP and AXA head of advice John Dyall. As head of investment research for Rainmaker Information ...

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Quantitative equities boutique Plato Investment Management has appointed a senior quantitative analyst from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Dr Jonathan Whiteoak will primarily be responsible for driving research into quantitative stock selection ...

HESTA names new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
HESTA has appointed its new chief executive officer to succeed Anne-Marie Corboy when she retires at the end of the month. Debby Blakey has been promoted from deputy chief executive of the $30 billion health and community services industry super fund. ...

Parametric grows investment team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
After-tax investment specialist Parametric has grown its team with the appointment of a senior analyst. Whitlam Zhang will be responsible for setting up and managing the day-to-day relationships with Australian clients and underlying external investment ...

Decline in practice valuations bottoms out

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Financial planning business valuations have levelled off following a 20% decline over the last five years, according to a report from business broking services provider Centurion Market Makers. The report also showed that transaction activity increased ...

AllianceBernstein rebrands

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
Global asset manager AllianceBernstein will now be known as AB following a rebrand. The legal name of the company, which has US$474 billion in assets under management, has not changed but it has introduced a new logo. "Our firm has evolved over the ...

AMP Capital buys Sydney hospital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
AMP Capital has closed a deal to buy Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital and Community Health Services Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Under the agreement, the asset manager will own the hospital until ...

ASX appoints non-executive director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... services, strategic thinking and commitment to the highest standards of corporate governance," ASX chairman Rick Holliday-Smith said.

Assistant Treasurer backs PM under fire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has thrown his support behind Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who faces a leadership spill vote on Tuesday. In a doorstop interview with the nation's media, the Federal Member for Kooyong stood up to immense media pressure ...