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Snowball chief announces exit plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... businesses under the previous snowball structure." Dodd has also been appointed chair of Shadforth's end to end advice business, Graham Maloney will now chair the portfolio management business, Officium Capital, while John (Sam) Gannon will chair the ...

Macq seals landmark $8.7bn admin deal with Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... improved client and adviser access to modelling tools and data and more directed market and segmentation components. Tony Graham, head of Macquarie adviser services, said the group will leverage its platform experience with Perpetual's offering to complete ...

Spring lands CBA wealth head role

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Annabel Spring has been appointed as Commonwealth Bank's new head of wealth management, replacing Grahame Petersen who will now lead the business and private banking division. Spring, currently the group head of strategy, will take over as group executive ...

CBA in takeover bid for Count Financial

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
The Commonwealth Bank has announced a $373 million takeover bid for financial planning group Count Financial, which went into a surprise trading halt this morning before the news. Count Financial share volumes surged yesterday on the Australian Securities ...

Super funds mindshift imperative

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... reportedly begun moving towards a member-centric focus in response to the ageing population and rising rate of decumulation. Graham Sammells, chief executive of the IQ Business group and chair for the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) electronic ...

PIS names new CEO

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Peter Walther has landed the top job at Professional Investment Services, starting on Monday as chief executive officer of the independently-owned financial advice business, three weeks after founder, Robbie Bennetts, moved into a part-time role. Professional ...

Mercer expands with global chief investment role

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... around 12 months in handing over the Asia Pacific role to Mercer Australia's senior portfolio manager, Andrew Howard. Phil Graham, Mercer Australia's senior portfolio strategist, will become deputy chief investment officer, Asia Pacific. Howard and regional ...

CFS super deposit taps demand, relieves wholesale reliance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... six years. It is offered through the FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms, both directly and through investment advisers Graham Hand, Colonial First State's general manager of funding and alliances, said given the rising interest rate environment, the ...

New judge for AFA Adviser of the Year award

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... omnibus survey of advisers in Australia. The judging panel also comprises AFA chief executive officer, Richard Klipin, Graham Peatey of The Encore Group, Peter Sobels of Riskinfo and Philip Kewin and Marc Fabris from Zurich. Financial planning groups ...

Leveraged ETF risk laid bare

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... showed the risks of US-style synthetic ETFs at a panel session in Sydney on Friday. Tom Keenan of iShares Australia and Graham Smith of State Street Global Advisers had just finished talking through the strengths of ETFs when Murphy shared the case study ...