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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 ...

UN PRI gets tough and de-lists signatories

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) is kicking out around six signatories next month for failing to fulfill their reporting duties. James Gifford, executive director of the PRI, said the signatories would be de-listed after ...

Don't confuse advice: Guardian

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Guardian Financial Planning is asking the Government to steer clear of calling the trustee and member interaction 'advice' and clarify that the level of communication proposed is at best 'informed guidance' - not advice. The planning firm is also asking ...

No proof lack of regulation caused GFC: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
Just because the GFC happened doesn't mean it was caused by a lack of regulation, said a senior APRA executive in a major speech this week. "Just because one event follows another does not mean that the first event caused the second event," explained ...