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Hillross acquires $2.2 billion planning group

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
AMP affiliated planning group Hillross Financial Services has agreed to acquire IRIS Financial Group, winning a competitive process that attracted eight first round offers and saw four parties conduct due diligence. Hillross will provide licensee services ...

Bendigo Wealth expands, restructures with seven senior appointments

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Bendigo Wealth has restructured to prepare for the future of financial advice reforms with a raft of new appointments and new products on the way. The wealth management arm of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, officially launched in April, has taken a ...

Australian Unity supporting advisers with appointment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Fund manager Australian Unity has created a new national adviser solutions manager role and appointed former UK senior player, Simon Reed. A new business development manager for Victoria and Tasmania has also been appointed. Reed will be responsible ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Financial planners on the warpath over Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms were given a crash course in political lobbying today by Shadow Minister for Financial Services Senator Mathias Cormann, who told them to target the independents. Speaking ...

UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Higher education superannuation fund UniSuper has topped the league tables for holding the most mandates in 2010 according to Rainmaker's latest Mandate Chaser report. But that is a bad thing, said John Pearce, chief investment officer of UniSuper ...

RI Advice partners with Tas bank

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
ANZ Wealth's RI Advice Group has furthered its strategy of aligning with local groups to expand business, partnering with Tasmanian financial institution B&E Personal Banking. Bringing to the alliance some 36,000 Tasmanian members, the partnership between ...

Infra asset demand buoy CFS GAM and RARE

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
Global infrastructure funds managed by Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) and RARE Infrastructure have increased their teams on the back of fresh mandate wins. Colonial First State Global Asset Management's global listed infrastructure ...

RBF appoints CIO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
RBF in Tasmania has announced the appointment of Dr Ian Lundy to the role of chief investment officer. The Retirement Benefit Fund chief executive officer Philip Mussared said this completes the recruitment of RBF's executive management team, begun ...

RBF-Tas makes senior appointments

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
The $3.6 billion RBF-Tasmania has hired former Connect Credit Union executive Nick Connor as chief operations officer, and made two other internal senior appointments after a restructure of its executive model. Connor has over 20 years management experience ...

RBF-Tasmania overhauls executive structure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Six months after Philip Mussared became chief of the $3.4 billion RBF-Tasmania, the fund is undergoing a restructure which involves a nationwide search for six key executives, including a chief investment officer. The Retirement Benefits Fund of Tasmania  ...