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Futuro grows planning network

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Futuro Financial Services has increased its national network by nearly 50 per cent to 93 per cent in the past 18 months. The independent financial planning group had 64 authorised representatives in October 2008 but that number reached 93. The group ...

Select looks to sign on six dealer groups

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... May last year. "We are four weeks away from a mandate we're working on with a listed company," said Fairweather. "Our aspiration over five years is to only work between six and 10 groups - we're not a mass market brand, [and] we're not trying to capture ...

ING focuses on executive governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
Following public outrage against big financial institutions acting irresponsibly, Europe-based ING Group's top 200 managers have signed a company memorandum that binds them to act with integrity at all times. Signatories to the principle's vow to act ...

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 ...

The audacity of Mark Bouris and Ray Miles

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Platform and admin providers have less than three weeks to map out a bid that could secure them a landmark contract from a new planning syndicate led by Wizard founder Mark Bouris and ex-Genesys head Ray Miles - but details of the bid suggest any deal ...

Zurich hires former AIG exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... manager of insurance at the firm until Doyle starts in March. "These appointments are yet another keystone in Zurich's aspiration to become the leading fully intermediated insurance group in Australia," said David Smith, chief executive at Zurich Financial ...

AMP appoints international MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
AMP Capital Investors has appointed former AXA Rosenberg Asia Pacific chief executive Anthony Fasso as managing director, international. Based in Hong Kong, Fasso will report to AMP Capital Investors managing director Stephen Dunne from early next year. ...

Russell signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Russell Investments has become a signatory of the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). "Russell became a UN PRI signatory in recognition of the increasingly widespread client demand for strategic advice and solutions that ...

Westpac FP maintains focus on senior planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Westpac's financial planning division is running behind its aspirational target to recruit 200 senior financial planners over three years. Despite this setback, the group has no plans to change its umbrella strategy. Westpac Financial Planning's three ...

Trust launches strategy review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Trust chief executive and managing director, John Atkin, and a number of other executives at the firm have launched a strategic review of the business. The review was announced Bruce Corlett, chair at Trust, yesterday at the company's annual general ...