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Top AMP exec leaves to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
AMP's director of product, strategy and services has left the group to join BT Financial Group as general manager of superannuation. Melinda Howes was appointed by AMP in November 2013, and prior to that she was chief executive officer of the Actuaries ...

Young adviser wins first Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has awarded a young financial adviser the inaugural Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Dixon Advisory financial planner Erin Shields took out the award for being the highest achieving student in last ...

ASIC bans former PIS and AMP advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
Former Professional Investment Services (PIS) and AMP Financial Planning advisers have been banned from financial services. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) took action against AMP Financial Planning adviser Roy Whye Wah Moo ...

Rubik appoints new CFO

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
Financial services software provider Rubik has appointed a former Macquarie exec as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Darius Coveney has had a 20-year career in finance starting out at Ernst & Young before joining Macqaurie Group in 2004 where ...

ME Bank in search for new chief risk officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
ME Bank has started an executive recruitment process to replace its longstanding chief risk officer, who recently departed the bank. Nick Vamvakas left his position as ME Bank chief risk officer on February 28, 2014, and was recently appointed chief ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
"Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose!" Pardon my french, Virginia. But nah, I'm not swearing... it's an honest to goodness French phrase that translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This came to my balding head as ...

UBS adviser banned from financial services industry

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
Former UBS financial adviser was banned from the financial services industry for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. Sebastian Konjevic was a client adviser of UBS AG holding an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence from September 2005 ...

Chamber Orchestra adds violin to Instrument Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) has added a rare and valuable Guarneri violin to its Instrument Fund. The violin was made by Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae in 1714 and is one of the renowned luthier's 250 instruments that survive today. The ACO ...

FEAL to recognise top superannuation CIOs and COOs

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The country's leading superannuation chief investment officers and chief operation officers will be recognised at a national CIO & COO Awards through a joint initiative by industry body FEAL and fund manager La Trobe Financial. FEAL has teamed up with ...

IFS caught investing in unregistered schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has breached an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) class order by incorrectly investing client funds into an unregistered managed investment scheme. IFS recently changed their investment options after ...