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Hyperion wins $300m Optimix mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Optimix has given Hyperion Asset Management a $300 million Australian equities investment mandate following a review of its manager lineup. Hyperion's appointment comes after Optimix reviewed the strategies of its Australian equities specialist investment ...

MetLife Australia names new chief

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
The former chief of ING New Zealand, Marc Lieberman, is the new head of Metlife Insurance in Australia. Lieberman will be reporting to Peter Smyth, Metlife's regional managing director for Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Metlife, Lieberman was chief ...

ING focuses on executive governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... and environmentally responsible. While many of these memorandums are aspirational, Peter Aceto, chief executive at ING Direct in Canada, said it was important to take these principles beyond that. "Posters and screensavers alone are not enough," he said. ...

ING buys 20pc stake in Fortnum

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
ING Australia has taken a 20 per cent stake in Ray Miles' Fortnum Financial Group but Miles said the backing will not affect the practice's business structure. Ray Miles, former Genesys Wealth Advisers managing director and now executive chair at Fortnum ...

Instreet hires HFA exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
Boutique fund manager Instreet has hired former HFA Asset Management executive Sam Harris as relationship manager for New South Wales. With more than eight years of experience in the financial services industry, he brings to the role knowledge of the ...

Anderson appointed MD of Mercer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
David Anderson has been appointed managing director and market leader for Australia/New Zealand at Mercer, while the incumbent, Peter Promnitz, will now focus solely on his role as region head for Asia Pacific. Peter Promnitz has held the dual role ...

Life insurance consolidation could hurt consumers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Australians will suffer the price of higher margin products and limited product innovation if the life insurance market continues to consolidate, warns Tower Australia. Jim Minto, managing director of Tower Australia, urged the government and Australian ...

GSJBWAM joins IFSA board

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
Ian Ward-Ambler, managing director at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management, has been appointed to the IFSA board, replacing Anne O'Donnell, former managing director at Australian Ethical Investment, who has resigned. This announcement comes after Anne ...

ING IM appoints new chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
ING Investment Management Asia/Pacific has appointed ING Funds Taiwan chief, Steven Billiet, chief executive of ING Investment Management Australia. Billiet is moving to Australia from his current position as chief executive of ING Funds Taiwan, which ...

Fin services tech firms get nod from NSW govt

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... financial services leaders to focus on key technology trends and issues. It includes speakers from organisations including ING Direct, Telstra, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ Bank, National Australia Bank," he said. "Sydney is Australia's hub for finance and ...