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Baby boomers should be wary of generic advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
The average baby boomer's financial plan is too generic and risky due to overexposure to growth assets, a Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) study has found. The CIFR study examined common Australian financial advice methods to determine ...

Westpac appoints NZ chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
David McLean has been appointed chief executive of Westpac New Zealand. McLean has been acting in the role since August 2014 following Peter Clare's resignation, but he will now officially move into the position, according to new Westpac chief executive ...

Nikko appoints four international sales executives

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM) has appointed four senior executives to new positions in its institutional sales and marketing team. Fred DeSerio has been appointed head of institutional sales for North America, Peter Knight is now head of global ...

Super tax subs worth $30bn in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Just as the government prepares to release the latest edition of the Intergenerational Report and recommence the Senate battle to pass its 2014-15 Budget, Treasury has released its Tax Expenditures statement showing that superannuation tax subsidies ...

CBA is top banking brand for 2014

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is the country's highest-value banking brand for 2014, according to the Brand Finance Banking 500 study. Despite a year of controversy surrounding its financial planning division, the bank has retaken the number ...

New Westpac chief executive scraps previous position

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
In his first day as Westpac chief executive, Brian Hartzer has restructured the company's Australian Financial Services division. Hartzer was previously head of the division, which represents more than half of Westpac's profits and comprises its business ...

QIC closes on Sydney NorthConnex project

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
QIC has announced financial close on the Sydney NorthConnex infrastructure project in partnership with the Westlink M7 Motorway. NorthConnex is a 9km road tunnel which will connect the Sydney M1 and M2 motorways at Wahroonga and West Pennant Hills. ...

Work harder to fight negative press: AFA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
Advisers and associations need to do more to fight negative stereotypes about financial planning, argued Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox at a recent Value Alliance event in Sydney. As an example, he noted that Houghton ...

Fairview Equity Partners appoints new senior investment manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
NAB Asset Management partner Fairview Equity Partners (Fairview) has appointed Leo Barry as senior investment manager. Previously a small and mid-cap broker in the Institutional Equity Team at Merrill Lynch, Barry's new role focuses on in-depth company ...

Centric selects Maverick Capital for $50 million allocation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
Findex-owned Centric Wealth (Centric) has invested $50 million in international equities with Maverick Capital following a global equity manager review, it announced today. Maverick Capital, based in the US, was founded in 1993 and has over $9 billion ...