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CountPlus appoints CFO after executive search

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
After former chief financial officer John Collier resigned from CountPlus in August, the accounting and wealth firm has confirmed his replacement. Laurent Toussaint will join CountPlus in January; acting chief financial officer will operate in the role ...

Global manager to merge key investment firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
The world's largest multi-boutique asset manager is consolidating three of its biggest US investment managers to create a specialist AU$733 billion multi-asset manager. BNY Mellon Investment Management has announced that Mellon Capital Management, Standish ...

Grant Thornton affirms indigenous commitment with new partner

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
Diversified advisory and wealth management firm Grant Thornton Australia is furthering its commitment to the indigenous business community with the appointment of a partner to its Cairns office. Former registrar of indigenous corporations Anthony Beven ...

Westpac to welcome new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Westpac will farewell its current chief risk officer next year and has named the man to inherit the role. Alexandra Holcomb will retire in 2018 following 21 years at Westpac. For the past three years Holcomb served as chief risk officer and has also ...

Tanner appointed to Suncorp board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Former Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation Lindsay Tanner has joined the board of Suncorp Group as a non-executive director. He fills one of the vacancies created by the retirement of Bill Bartlett and Ewoud Kulk after the Suncorp AGM in September. ...

Janus Henderson sends 100 staff to custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Janus Henderson is expanding its overseas custody partnership with a US$10 trillion custodian, seeing 100 staff move in the process. Under the new partnership, BNP Paribas Securities Services will oversee most of Janus Henderson's (JHG) back and middle ...

WAM enters the fray for Molopo takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Wilson Asset Management, via WAM Capital, has submitted an off-market takeover proposal for Molopo Energy, following similar contested proposals from Keybridge Capital and Aurora Funds Management. WAM Capital is seeking all ordinary shares in Molopo ...

Industry fund appoints governance and risk head

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
An industry superannuation fund is meeting the increasingly complex nature of the super system head on with the appointment of an executive officer, governance and risk. Natalie Alford, formerly of APRA, will lead the Equip Super's governance, risk ...

Goldman Sachs names new raft of managing directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Goldman Sachs selected its new class of managing directors, promoting four members of its Australian team and an additional three Australians working offshore. Head of financial sponsors Tim Freeman, financial institutions banker Phillipe Perzi, head ...

China poised for asset management boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
China is forecast to become the second largest asset management market globally by 2019, sitting just behind the US, according to Casey Quirk. The consultancy firm also anticipates China will attract half of the industry's new asset flows in two years' ...