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Grant Samuel expands to Brisbane

STAFF WRITER | WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013

... Taylor, a former Queensland state manager at Challenger Group. He has also held positions at Credit Suisse Asset Management, Skandia and Macquarie Bank. "The time is right to have a person on the ground in Queensland," director and head of distribution ...

HUB24 announce new sales head

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013

... Gillett was previously head of industry sales at Asgard Wealth Solutions before managing sales teams at ING Australia, Skandia, KPMG and FuturePlus. HUB24, Investorfirst's core business, has performed well in the competitive investment platform industry. ...

UK to ban platform payments

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012

... end this year, signaling that the Cameron-lead Conservative government is supportive of the reforms. UK wrap provider, Skandia, said the new rules would hit their market segment hard but they nonetheless support the FSA's policy initiative, reported ...

Financial adviser sentenced on fraud charges

LINDA HAUSKEN | WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012

... instance, the funds were provided to him after the provision of advice to invest in international shares via a product called 'Skandia'. It was alleged that Hobson did not invest these funds on behalf of his clients but instead used the money to fund ...

Count taps Clark, expands BDM network

MELANIE TIMBRELL | THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012

... 2007 as national manager of Wrap Advantage and exited the firm in October last year. Previously with AM Corporation and Skandia, Clark starts with Count on Monday, April 30. "As part of these structural changes, Lee Tonitto and Colin Simkin will be leaving ...

Aubrey lands Skandia mandate

ELISE BURGESS | MONDAY, 16 APR 2012

Treasury Group backed global equities boutique, Aubrey Capital Management, has secured a $30 million mandate from Skandia Investment Group. The mandate was awarded after a competitive tender and takes Aubrey Capital's total funds under management to ...

Five Oceans wins global equities mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL | MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012

Australian international equities manager Five Oceans Asset Management has been chosen to run Skandia Investment Group's US$350 million global equity fund. Until now the fund had been managed by JP Morgan Asset Management. "Five Oceans Asset Management ...

PIMCO appoints new portfolio specialist

CLAIRE MCGREAL | MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012

... allocation, portfolio construction, investment manager selection and approved product list management. He also worked at Skandia, London firm Close Wealth Management, and Goldman Sachs. In Australia PIMCO manages more than $30 billion across fixed income ...

Adviser charged with fraud

ELISE BURGESS | THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011

... August 2008. The regulator alleges Hobson advised clients to invest in international shares through a product known as Skandia but instead of investing the funds, Hobson used the funds for his own personal use. Hobson was charged with four counts of ...

Plan B names new CEO

ELISE BURGESS | THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011

... on national expansion and capitalising on the group's FOFA-readiness. Former chief executive and managing director of Skandia Australia when it was part of the global Old Mutual Group, Black said the financial planning group's early use of fee-for-service ...

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More work to do on reportable situations compliance, ASIC says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

Licensees are generally slow to report to ASIC because of deficient internal processes and poor monitoring of compliance with the reportable situations regime, a review found.

Centrepoint Alliance launches long-awaited IconiQ platform

ELIZA BAVIN

Centrepoint Alliance and FNZ have partnered to launch the IconiQ investment platform and the IconiQ SMA.

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN

Australian GDP rose for the 12th consecutive quarter but continues to slow.

Tyndall AM head of Aussie equities to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

Brad Potter is retiring as Tyndall Asset Management's head of Australian equities, with his replacement confirmed.

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