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DKN and Lonsdale heads leave and form BT advice unit

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... executives will spearhead BT new advice growth strategies, with Butterworth to be managing director of the new unit. Mark Spiers, BT Financial Group's general manager of advice, said the unit's mandate is to deliver business solutions to advice practices ...

Westpac launches virtual planning service

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... to roll this out into regional Westpac branches using the infrastructure which is already in place," said Coombe. Mark Spiers, general manager advice of Westpac's wealth management arm BT Financial Group said the initiative was part of the group's ultimate ...

BT regroups for market push

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... platforms, together inhouse with its investment businesses, Advance Asset Management, Ascalon and BT Investment Management. Mark Spiers will continue to lead the advice business while BT expands its focus on high net worth customers of Westpac, St George ...

BTFG new head of prac mgmt

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... services to all our Advice businesses: BankSA, Bank of Melbourne, Magnitude, Securitor, St.George and Westpac," said Mark Spiers, general manager advice, BTFG. Additionally, Hall will be responsible for dealer services, technical support and the development ...

Keep advice a simple business: BTFG

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
Trust and understanding the simplicity of the advice business is the key to surviving FOFA, according to Mark Spiers, general manager of advice, BT Financial Group. Adviser are anxious around the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) but Spiers said despite ...

Englund heads BT dealer groups, Younger departs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... Englund as its new head of dealer groups, following Neil Younger's departure to head Commonwealth Financial Planning. Mark Spiers, BT Financial Group's general manager of advice, today announced the appointment of Englund as head of dealer groups, which ...

Former St.George WM chief quits BT

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... with responsibility for the BT Wrap and Asgard businesses, as well as the group's marketing and communication areas. Mark Spiers will be general manager, advice with responsibility for Westpac and St.George financial planners, personal insurance advisers ...

FPA appoints deputy chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... deputy chair of the association's board. Rowe, a member of the FPA board since last year, takes over the role from Mark Spiers, general manager of advice at Westpac. Julie Berry, chair at FPA, said Rowe helped develop the FPA's new Code of Professional ...

Westpac FP maintains focus on senior planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... level planners occurred in August last year. While netting 30 experienced financial planners is lower than expected, Mark Spiers, general manager of advice at Westpac, said the bank had been forced to deal with the St. George merger, the credit crisis ...

Coombe names wealth management execs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... general manager; Mark Smith as insurance general manager and David Lees as wealth transformation director. In addition, Mark Spiers was appointed head of BT Advice which includes Westpac, St.George and BankSA financial planning divisions. Former St. ...