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Success of planners a double-edged sword

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
Promoting financial planning may be the next big challenge for the industry, but it will also expose a chronic shortage of planners, according to AMP Financial Planning managing director Michael Guggenheimer. While the industry definitely needed to ...

Russell continues sales team growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
Russell Investment Group today announced the appointment of former BNP Paribas executive Chris Briant as director of institutional sales. The move is part of Russell's move to provide more specialised solutions for institutional clients. Stephen Roberts ...

GS JBWere appoints new equity derivatives MD

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
Goldman Sachs JBWere today announced former UBS executive Rob Price has joined as managing director and head of equity derivatives. Price will be responsible for leading the strategy of Goldman Sachs' equity derivatives and structured products sections ...

Bridgeport extends reach with HLB Mann Judd purchase

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
Bridgeport Financial Services has purchased HLB Mann Judd Financial Services in a move that greatly expands the Sydney company's reach across Australia and signals an even larger expansion strategy is in the works. The purchase means Bridgeport now ...

Asset Super takes cash and splits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
Asset Super has taken a $110 million cash mandate from Macquarie Treasury Fund and split it between ING's active Enhanced Cash fund and Perpetual's passively managed Exact Cash fund. The move sees 55 per cent of the mandate go to ING, while 45 per cent ...

Superpartners crosses Tasman for new CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
Superpartners has ended its six month search for a new chief executive, appointing current AMP New Zealand managing director, Greg Camm, to the role from 4 September 2007. Originally from Melbourne, Camm will return to Australia following a four-and-a-half ...

Aussies in ever greater debt: MLC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
Continued global growth, corresponding liquidity and a "voracious appetite for risk" have driven Australians to record debt levels, beating the US, France, the UK and Italy over the last five years, according to MLC. MLC investment strategist, Brian ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Skandia has bowed to the inevitable and replaced Mercer Investment Consulting with in-house consultancy Intech as its portfolio construction adviser from next month, ending uncertainty over where the two companies sat within the business. Speculation ...

SEQUAL to boost reach through education

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Reverse mortgage industry body SEQUAL has appointed Kevin Conlon as head of education as part of a bid to boost the reach and understanding of reverse mortgages by brokers and planners. This focus on education comes as the Australian Securities and ...

RECP goes north

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
Real Estate Capital Partners (RECP) will expand its services by opening a Brisbane office and appointing a specialist direct property fund manager. RECP managing director, Andrew Saunders, said the expansion was a response to strong continuing demand ...