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Joyce Phillips appointed to FSC board

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Joyce Phillips, CEO, global wealth & private, ANZ, has been appointed as a director of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at a board meeting on 23 August 2012. Phillip's election means the FSC's board is now at full complement with 14 directors. "Joyce ...

FSC super governance policy forces independence

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
A majority of directors on superannuation trustee boards must be independent, under draft superannuation governance policy released by the Financial Services Council (FSC) this morning. An independent director must also chair the trustee board, and ...

Crystal Wealth appoints former Multiport CEO

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
Boutique financial advisory and investment management firm Crystal Wealth Partners has named former Multiport chief executive John McIlroy as company director and shareholder. Prior to joining Crystal Wealth Partners, McIlroy was the founder of SMSF ...

FSC elects deputy chairman

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
AMP Financial Services managing director Craig Meller has been elected deputy chairman of the Financial Services Council. Meller joins Schroder Investment Management Australia's chief executive officer, Greg Cooper, as deputy chair, as well as Macquarie ...

EQT establishes Private Wealth division

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Equity Trustees Limited has established a Private Wealth Services division under the leadership of newly recruited executive, Geoff Rimmer. Rimmer, most recently chief executive officer of adviser group Financial Services Partners, will take responsibility ...

AFA opens Adviser of the Year nominations

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers, in partnership with Zurich, has opened nominations for the 2012 AFA Adviser of the Year Award. The Award is celebrating its 10th year of recognising the best advisers in Australia. "Zurich partnered with the Association ...

Trio investor secures damages from adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... their financial adviser, but that's only an option if there has been some form of misconduct on the part of the financial advisor." Investors and self funded retirees lost approximately $180 million in the Trio fraud. Only those who invested in Trio ...

Consortium buys Challenger Infrastructure Fund assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Challenger Infrastructure Fund has sold half of its asset base for $A286.79 million to a consortium which includes Australian super funds and a Dutch pension fund. Challenger Infrastructure Fund (CIF) has entered into a binding sale agreement for its ...

$10bn in Asia M&A deals so far in 2012

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
M&A activity in Asia, on the back of economic growth in the region, accounted for $10 billion in deals in the last three months alone, despite this activity being in a dip. "Southeast Asian M&A rebounded 50.5% in Q1 2012 after a lacklustre last quarter ...

Hyperion restructures, names new MD

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Boutique Australian equities fund manager Hyperion Asset Management has named Tim Samway new managing director following the decision to establish a private equity business. Samway is currently Hyperion's institutional business director and a founding ...