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Fed Investors Inc hires new Asia Pac CEO

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Large US-based investment manager, Federated Investors Inc, has hired Craig Bingham to lead the firm's new Asia Pacific subsidiary. Formerly the CEO of Aviva Investors Australia and Asia Pacific, Bingham will manage Federated's efforts to expand globally ...

Brett Kenny joins SPAA board

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) yesterday announced the appointment of Brett Kenny to the SPAA Board. He brings a wealth of experience as well as knowledge about the organisation to this role, having been actively involved in ...

CBA responds to mobile banking demand

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
In response to customer demand for a simple, personalised and mobile banking experience, Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will be launching Kaching for Facebook, a redesigned Kaching for Android App and new sharing and tagging capability in NetBank. For the ...

Accounting firm takes on wealth management

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
Accounting firm HLB Mann Judd Melbourne has joined with financial adviser Andrew Lord to create a new wealth management division. The division will operate under the name HLB Mann Judd (Vic) Wealth Management and will be headed by Andrew Lord who has ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services appoints IRP Asia/Pac head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
Madhu Gayer has been appointed head of Investment Reporting and Performance (IRP) in Asia Pacific, a newly created position based in Singapore. Reporting to Mostapha Tahiri, head of asset and fund services in Asia and Nicolas Le Clech, global head of ...

CheckRisk LLP announces new CEO

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
UK-based total risk management consultancy CheckRisk LLP has announced the appointment of Australian-based Denis Carroll as CEO and partner in the consultancy. "I've always been concerned about the lack of recognition of the importance of risk management ...

Financial advisers recognised for social media strategy

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Financial adviser Charles Badenach from Shadforth Financial Group won this year's Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence (SMILEYS) Scholarship, at an award ceremony yesterday. Other awards winners included Aaron Zelman who ...

ANZ launches mobile app for corporate clients

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
ANZ recently announced ANZ Transactive - Mobile, a Mobile App that proposes to integrate with and act as an extension of ANZ Transactive -ANZ's online cash management solution for corporates. It's understood that ANZ Transactive - Mobile is designed ...

Financial Standard names FS Smileys finalists

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The 2012 finalists of the Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence Scholarship (or "the Smileys"), sponsored by Zurich, were announced today ahead of the awarding of the Scholarship in Melbourne next week. The 12 finalists ...

New CIO for Vanguard Asia-Pac

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Vanguard announced today that Gregory Davis, principal and head of bond indexing in Vanguard's Fixed Income Group, will assume the CIO role for the Asia Pacific region in 2013. Davis, who has held a number of different investment roles during his 13-year ...