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HBOS promotes Aussie chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
HBOS Australia's wealth and insurance arm, St Andrew's Australia, chief executive John Van Der Wielen, has been appointed director of distribution for HBOS' insurance and investment division in the UK as a reward for his work in Australia. Van Der Wielen ...

Messaging transactions for 12 cents: SWIFT

In two weeks' time, fourteen of the country's leading financial institutions including BT, Barclays and JPMorgan will finish a pilot program that promises to slash messaging transaction fees from around $25 per transaction to 12 cents. Early last month ...

Kaplan adapts Finsia teaching model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
US education company Kaplan has just taken over the teaching division of Finsia and while making a commitment to maintain the group's curriculum and teaching style, changes are also in the wings. Kaplan Australia chief executive Warren Jacobson said ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket started the week in full stride, after US President George Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured US investors they would work to rectify recent market troubles. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Funds SA puts faith in property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Funds SA has increased its non-core unlisted mandate with Russell Investment Group's real estate division to $112 million. Funds SA chief executive, Richard Smith, said the increase reflected their confidence in the global property market and Russell's ...

Challenger rejigs platform team

Challenger's financial planning division has made a raft of fresh appointments in its platform distribution team, hiring new staff who were previously at BT, Asgard and Credit Suisse. Pia Zulueta, formerly at Asgard Wealth Solutions, is the new head ...

CBA plans CommSec Bank

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
Commonwealth Bank is reviewing plans for the transformation of CommSec, its equity and funds brokerage business, into a full service financial institution. CommSec is one of the jewels in the crown at CBA, a point underlined by its strong contribution ...

IFSA names three for industry excellence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
Asteron's Gerard Kerr, Colonial First State Investment's Philip Barlin and QIC's Angela Keane have been awarded the coveted Industry Excellence awards from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). Kerr, who is head of claims at Asteron ...

Centric snaps up lending firm

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
Centric Wealth has acquired boutique lending and brokerage firm Kingsbridge & Eagle (K&E), expanding its lending division and taking it further down the path of a European-style private bank. K&E specialise in providing mortgages, commercial finance ...

Perpetual appoints new head of platforms

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
Perpetual has promoted senior manager of platforms and investments Gai Ferrington to head of platforms for the wealth management arm. Ferrington commenced joined Perpetual 12 months ago after 14 years at ING. She will report directly to chief operating ...