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Former BT super head moves up Westpac ranks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
A former BT head of Personal Superannuation has been appointed head of home ownership at Westpac. Described as a rising star by the media, Melanie Evans was previously chief of staff to the bank's financial services chief executive Brian Hartzer. Prior ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
While institutional investors have a tendency to negotiate aggressively on the amount they pay for fund managers' expertise, Platinum Asset Management chief investment officer Andrew Clifford said cutting fees does not automatically result in better ...

Legg Mason appoints senior financial analyst

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... was previously lead banking analyst at Merrill Lynch, a position he held from 2007. Before that, he worked at Citigroup Smith Barney and National Australia Bank. Davison was ranked second overall for Banks in the 2012 Peter Lee equities research survey ...

Rivkin firm launches managed funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Financial services company Rivkin is expanding its offering to include a suite of managed funds and has appointed James Chirnside as its new investment team chairman to oversee the funds' development. The new suite of products will include an open mandate ...

Boardroom cloud tech eases organisational burden

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
The Affiliation of Superannuation Practitioners (ASP), an alliance of ten funds and administrators, has adopted a new technology to simplify distribution of essential documents for board members. The cloud-based iqBoard app, produced by IQ Group, allows ...

Tyndall AM creates fixed income role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Tyndall AM has appointed James Alexander to the newly created role of deputy head of fixed income. Alexander will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the fixed income team and oversee Tyndall's fixed income investment process. Tyndall said ...

Direct insurance sales grow on consumer confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Australia's direct life insurance market has shown significant growth over the last year at the expense of the traditional advice sales channel, according to Rice Warner. Rice Warner's latest Direct Life Insurance Market Report showed direct insurance ...

Study finds dark pools damage market quality

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Dark pools are damaging overall price discovery and market quality in the US, according to new research by Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC). Researchers from the Australian independent academic centre for capital market research looked ...

More Asian HNWs enlisting private banks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Asian high net worth (HNW) investors are increasingly enlisting the services of private banks to manage their wealth, according to Australian banking research and advisory firm East & Partners. In May 2013, East & Partners interviewed 949 C-suite executives ...

EQT appoints Australian equities head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Former Wallara Asset Management co-founder has resurfaced at Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) as head of Australian equities. Dr Kasian has more than 25 years experience in the financial services industry in asset management and senior executive roles. ...