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Zenith wins AdviceIQ research mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Zenith Investment Partners has formed an alliance to provide research services to Sydney-based dealer group, AdviceIQ Partners. AdviceIQ was established earlier this year by industry professionals Tony Madden, Angus McLeod and Bronny Speed. Under the ...

MMC pays $428 million in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Marsh & McLennan Companies, which owns consultant Mercer, has agreed to pay $428 million (US$400 million) in settlement for a lawsuit filed six years ago that accused the firm of breaking securities law covering its contingent commission practices. ...

Westpac NZ hires NAB exec for CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Westpac New Zealand appointed NAB executive general manager, George Frazis as chief executive. Frazis starts his role in April and replaces acting Westpac New Zealand chief executive, Bruce McLachlan who has held the role since June. McLachlan will ...

MMC recruits McLaughlin and Frost

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
MMC Contrarian has appointed former Australian Wealth Management head of research, Justin McLaughlin, as chief investment officer and former Investors Mutual Limited portfolio manager, Paul Frost, as portfolio manager. This announcement follows the ...

Vanguard wins $337m ASB mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
New Zealand-based ASB Investments has invested $337 million in Vanguard's global index equities fund. ASB initially tapped into the global equities market via AMP Capital Investors in New Zealand. ASB's underlying fund manager was Hendersons in the ...

Asgard names head of investment sourcing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Asgard Wealth Solutions has promoted Marnie McLaren to head of investment sourcing to develop fund manager relationships across the firm's wealth management division. Prior to joining Asgard Wealth Solutions (Asgard) in 2002, McLaren worked in London ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Rage and accusations are now rearing their ugly heads as embattled councils attempt to recoup their losses from sub-prime backed CDO investments, but the crisis could spark a government rethink on how councils should invest their funds. Hugh McLernon ...

Best Advice close to federation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
Project East West or the Best Advice Project has closed its books and gearing up to federate in April. The Best Advice group began 10 years ago as an informal group of advisory practices sharing ideas on how to best expand their business and serve clients. ...

Philanthropy gets a boost at GSJBW

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The philanthropic services team at Goldman Sachs JBWere (GSJBW) received a boost recently with the appointment of Kelley McLendon as director, philanthropic services. "Philanthropy is emerging as a topic clients are raising more frequently with their ...

Bridges over fresh waters

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
Bridges Financial Services, a financial planning business with nearly $17 billion in funds under advice (FUA), has looked to new products in the market to increase its fund manager line up by more than 10 per cent. A subsidiary of ASX 200 investment ...