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SmartStream on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... heavyweights AMP, ING and Vanguard Investments, appointed Richard Cummings as regional director for SmartStream's Asia Pacific operations in June - and he's sparing no expense to beef up the Australasian team. "Tech firms often don't see Asia as a place ...

AusSuper drives MEB review

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... financial year. The Canberra Times reported on Sunday that LEK would be paid $800,000 to report in September on the bank's operations, including its sustainability and possible sale. LEK are a US based consultancy. In Australia LEK is headed up by Simon ...

Changing of the guard: TOWER

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... Insurance as its new cornerstone investor - marking a generational change in business strategy and direction for TOWER's operations. Dai-ichi, Japan's oldest mutual life insurance company, confirmed it has agreed to acquire the entire 29.7 per cent shareholding ...

ANZ appoints key staff in Asia

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... managing director, Sean West to managing director, wealth Asia. West has significant wealth management experience across operations, product development, business development, distribution and advice. Prior to this insurance role, West was head advice ...

New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... advice side being Securitor...it's a big thing to implement," said Robyn Packard, national manager in distribution, operations and planning at Asgard Wealth Solutions. Packard said that one benefit of the new FPA guideline is that it could lead to a ...

Future Fund still on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
The $61.5 billion government Future Fund is looking to appoint three new team members to boost its operations and investment teams. Last week, the fund advertised for a senior analyst - infrastructure to assist in the development of the fund's global ...

More females in fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... that many women were inclined to favour operational over investment type roles. "We just recently recruited for an operations role and an investment role. And if the average profile of all of the CVs is any reflection on women in the industry, then there ...

NAB names new chief

WWW.THESHEET.COM, ASX STATEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... exposure in two conduits, which came only two months after the bank announced a $181 million provision for the same operations. NAB's share price fell on the news. Meanwhile, Andrew Thorburn, currently the executive general manager in retail banking ...

ASX firms snub climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... climate change, just five per cent publicly committed or disclosed a quantitative target to reduce the impact of their operations. Indeed, almost two fifths of those identified as high impact firms barely responded to climate change, with some companies ...

Islamic funds zone in on Malaysia

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad, DBS Asset Management Ltd and CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd to open operations in Malaysia. "The approval of these three companies will play a catalytic role in the internationalisation of our Islamic ...