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Executive appointment round-up

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
The biggest industry moves this week include John Waller retiring as a National Australia Bank board member and Standard Life chief executive David Nish stepping down after six years in the role. Qantas Super chief executive to retire - Jane Perry will ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Risk advisers expressed concern that the industry-led risk reforms package ignores the problem of vertical integration and client-driven policy churn. Synchron director Don Trapnell told Financial Standard that the reform improved on the initial Trowbridge ...

Legg Mason appoints sales director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Legg Mason has appointed a new director of sales. Rosa Huddy joins the firm from Perpetual, where she was most recently NSW/QLD regional manager. She has also held a senior financial planning role at CBA. Huddy will be based in Legg Mason's Melbourne ...

Shares lower on Greece worries

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... Shares in mining contractor Macmahon rose 1.9 cents to 6.5 cents at 1035 AEST after the Perth-based company wrapped up the sale of its operations in Mongolia for $US65 million.A Locally on Thursday, National Australia Bank will release its consumer anxiety ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
As Yogi Berra famously quoted, "it ain't over till it's over." Elvis is still in the building. Optimism over a Greek bailout deal has hit a roadblock (again), prompting financial markets to give up some of the gains made over the past few days. But ...

Rubik appoints general manager from IOOF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Financial services software company Rubik has appointed a general manager - sales and relationship from IOOF. Marc Hraiki will be responsible for directing the sales team, driving new business relationships with institutional and dealer group clients ...

Life risk sales falling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Individual death, total permanent disability (TPD) and trauma insurance sales fell by 8% to $280 million in the March quarter, according to research by DEXX&R. DEXX&R's report notes that this time is "traditionally the slowest quarter" for insurance ...

Kaplan launches online insurance courses

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Kaplan Professional has launched seven online insurance courses. The courses are designed for both existing insurance professionals and those looking to enter the industry, and they cover the following qualifications: Certificate IV in Life Insurance ...

Animal spirits may be playing with fire

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Animal spirits are playing a significant role in expenditure decisions by Australian firms even though rates of return and other influences may offer a more unbiased company position. This is one the key findings among research from the Reserve Bank ...

PROFILE: EISS chief executive Alex Hutchison

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Not too long ago executive positions in financial services were generally appointed from prominent sales men and women. Energy Industry Super Scheme (EISS) chief executive, Alex Hutchison, is of a different breed. As a former federal police officer ...