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Zurich to promote advice profession through Grad Mentor

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
Zurich has announced it will extend its ongoing partnership with talent resourcing firm Grad Mentor to attract more graduates to financial advice. According to Zurich head of distribution, retail life and investments Kristine Brooks, "These partnerships ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
This was totally uncalled for particularly for those "experts" still calling for the Australian Reserve Bank (RBA) to cut interest rates again - with some expecting another 25bps shaved off the official cash rate (currently at 2.0%) as early as May. ...

Magellan appoints former Network Ten chief

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
Magellan has appointed the former chief executive of Ten Holdings to its board. Hamish McLennan joins Magellan as a non-executive director having headed up Network Ten from 2013 to 2015. He has also been executive vice president, office of the chairman ...

Australia aims to be APAC fintech leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's recent trip to Hong Kong and Shanghai top-dressed the government's innovation commitment and complemented calls by financial services executives for Australia's fintech industry to immediately capitalise in a "booming" ...

Shaw and Partners appoints three senior advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Shaw and Partners has appointed three new senior advisers, including another two Macquarie veterans. Alasdair Burns and Greg Sadler have joined Shaw and Partners from Macquarie Private Wealth and Macquarie Equities respectively; both had been working ...

PROFILE: Mercer chief customer officer Renee McGowan

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Renee McGowan is fluent in Indonesian and has worked in over 30 countries during her career. As Mercer chief customer and marketing officer, she has become the organisation's custodian of customers. McGowan admits she had a fairly accidental entry into ...

Magellan average monthly inflows hit $214m

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Magellan has released its results for the six months ended 31 December 2015, revealing it saw average monthly retail net inflows of $214 million during the period. The firm also saw its average funds under management grow by 44% to $38.8 billion and ...

Dear Chancellor

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
"UK inflation climbs to highest in a year" (Irish Times). "UK inflation nudges up to 12-month high" (Financial Times). "UK inflation gathers steam in January" (Business Spectator). In a world where low and/or declining prices have become the norm, headlines ...

Rubik appoints head of wealth from IRESS

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
Rubik Financial has appointed an IRESS veteran to the new role of head of product - wealth. Now reporting to Rubik group executive - product David Flynn, Emily Chen joins the financial services software provider from IRESS, where she was product manager ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
The Japanese economy shrinks, the Japanese sharemarket sings hallelujah! If this still doesn't capture the "bad news is good news" meme, we might never, never know what will. The Nikkei-225 index soared by 7.2% at the end of yesterday's trade. It even ...