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BFG to integrate firms

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... attractive. Overseeing the seven-month integration process is Brian Wilson, former managing director of Lazard's Australian operations and a current non-executive director of BFG while Brent Potts, Southern Cross founder will stay on as a non-executive ...

RI Advice investment team departure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... investment research team has already commenced although Campbell pointed out that they are pursuing a smooth transition of operations of the existing team over the next six months. However, RI Advice said that the outgoing members of the team will continue ...

APRA cautions against cloud computing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... core business processes, including both approval and decision-making, and can be material and critical to the ongoing operations of the institution," said APRA. Institutions were reminded that any offshore agreements involving material business activity ...

AMP closes in on AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... the deal, AMP would buy 100 per cent of AXA APH and merge AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses with its own operations. AMP will also sell AXA APH's Asian business back to AXA SA. In exchange, AXA APH minority shareholders will receive at least ...

Suncorp Life sells Tyndall to Nikko AM

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... subsidiary of bank giant Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co, the firm is actively building out its Asian and international operations, owning 40 per cent of Chinese investment management company, Rongtong Fund Management Company.

AGEST appoints new CEO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... audit committees and for six years was responsible for superannuation policy at the ACTU. Anthony Beamish, the fund's operations manager is currently acting CEO and will return to his existing role when Bowtell starts her new role. Seton spent eight ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... securities investment from 2 per cent to six percent, and also lifted taxes on guarantees for futures and other derivatives operations to stem the inflow of foreign portfolio investment. Then there's Germany whose Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ...

Vanguard chairman to retire

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... subsequently named head of Vanguard Planning and Development, before returning to Australia to establish Vanguard's operations. "It has been a privilege to be part of Vanguard's growth over the past 30 years," Duffield said. "When I joined Vanguard in ...

UniSuper owns 5pc of Gunns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... companies, but has been the focus of criticism from environmentalists, among others, primarily on their woodchip mill operations. It has also been criticised for its logging businesses. UniSuper is an industry super fund that caters to workers in Australia's ...

More products, more support for planners: BTIM

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... improved equity and credit markets, higher than average funds under management, and continued cost control across its operations. The firm's total revenue for the period was $129.2 million, also up 15 per cent on the prior year and includes performance ...