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AXA inflows surge on 30 June deadline

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
Fuelled by the impending 30 June concession deadline for one-off super contributions, AXA Asia Pacific has reported a huge 51 per cent increase in net retail inflows for the three months to the end of March. Net inflows for the quarter hit $782.9 million ...

Bravura's Dunstan joins Quipoz board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
Legacy software and technology transformation business Quipoz has announced the appointment of Bravura Solutions group chief executive officer and managing director, Iain Dunstan, as non-executive director. "We are delighted to have Iain join our Board ...

Former FuturePlus head gets in the Grove

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
Former FuturePlus chief executive officer, Brett Westbrook, is the new executive chairman of Grove Research & Advisory. Westbrook has taken a financial stake in the Grove business and brings more than 25 years experience to the business, including time ...

Millennium3 acquires Mawson Group

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
ING-owned Millennium3 has acquired Mawson Group Australia, with Mawson's 104 advisers being transitioned to Millennium3 in coming months. The acquisition was approved by Mawson shareholders and the conditions of the deal should be satisfied by 30 June. ...

Mercer appoints advice operation manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
Mercer Wealth Solutions has appointed a new financial advice operations manager. Vicky Ampoulos brings over 20 years industry experience to the newly established role, where she will collaborate with group stakeholders and clients to drive growth in ...

Midwinter appoints ex-Advance head of technical

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
Financial planning software provider Midwinter Financial Services has appointed the former head of technical services at Advance Asset Management as their new general manager of strategy and technical services. Matthew Esler left Advance last year and ...

Aviva signs away signatures

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
Aviva has begun rolling out its time-saving underwriting platform Riskfirst, with advisers able to complete policies completely electronically and signature free. Advisers can still receive a signed client declaration, but the process is not dependant ...

Make retirement day count: Westpac FP

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
When it comes to planning retirement, getting the exact date right could translate into a financial boost worth tens of thousands of dollars, said to Westpac Financial Planning. With the new super changes being introduced this year, Westpac Financial ...

Fund managers better buyers than sellers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
Fund managers being too optimistic about investments they have selected are inadvertently hurting their performance by making poor selling decisions, said quantitative research specialist Inalytics. "By their nature, fund managers are optimists. They're ...

BlackRock accumulating mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
BlackRock has secured a number of strong mandates already in 2007, including a $470 million mandate from the Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) and an $80m mandate from TASPLAN. LGSS assigned $470 million to BlackRock in the form of an Australian ...