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Paradigm appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
Paradigm Group, an investment advisory group that focuses exclusively on executives, professionals and business owners, has appointed a new chief executive. Bill Danaher joins Paradigm from Industry Fund Services, where he was also chief executive. ...

Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Platinum Asset Management reported an increase in net profit after tax of 12.4%, but results for the financial year were impacted by below-benchmark performance. Net profit after tax for the year to 30 June 2015 was $213.5 million, compared to $189.9 ...

BT reveals winners of national awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
BT Financial Group handed the awards to best adviser, best practice of the year and rising star at a ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra. McPhail HLG Financial Planning director and adviser Anne Graham was awarded Adviser of the Year, while the ...

CFS to distribute Sanlam funds in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
Colonial First State has partnered with South African asset manager Sanlam Group to distribute Sanlam's Managed Risk Funds in Australia. According to CFS general manager product and investments Peter Chun, Sanlam's Managed Risk strategy pivots on reducing ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
Active management isn't dying but it needs to re-invent itself so it can compete against low cost technology operators that are fundamentally challenging its business model. "It isn't dead but the market is playing hard to get," said Olivier d'Assier ...

CBA appoints top marketing exec

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has appointed a group executive of marketing and strategy, reporting directly to chief executive officer Ian Narev. Vittoria Shortt joined CBA in 2002 and has held a number of roles in the retail banking businesses of CBA and ...

Implemented Portfolios appoints former BlackRock MD

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Former BlackRock Australia managing director Adam Seccombe has joined Implemented Portfolios in a full-time role to assist the business with the next stage of its growth. Seccombe was responsible for launching BlackRock's ETF business, iShares, in Australia ...

Fortnum completes ANZ buy-out

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
Fortnum has become of Australia's largest independently-owned Australian Financial Services Licensees after completing a multi-million dollar deal to buy-out ANZ's 20% stake in the company. Fortnum's management, staff and financial advisers raised the ...

UK has overtaken Australia for platform innovation: Bravura

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
Wealth platforms in the United Kingdom have leap-frogged Australian platforms because investor experience and utility is their differentiator, not the underlying technology itself. Darren Stevens, director of strategy at technology group Bravura Solutions ...

Zurich moves on from group insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
Zurich Life has withdrawn from the group life insurance sector, acknowledging that it lacks the scale to penetrate the market. The insurer will close its book to new mandates and it will cut two jobs as a result. A Zurich spokesperson told Financial ...