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UBS makes three appointments to wholesale sales team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Dunne said: "We are delighted to be attracting such high calibre candidates which reflect the strength of our Australian business. "Their appointment brings our wholesale sales capabilities to full strength and supports us in better serving the wholesale ...

Paul Barrett resurfaces in partnership with Italian manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... signed an investment and shareholder agreement with NGA that included the acquisition of a 93% stake in the Australian business and a long term plan to increase adviser numbers. Azimut Luxembourg sub-holding company AZ International Holdings is planning ...

MetLife partnership extend group insurance to SMEs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
MetLife Insurance will partner Steadfast, the largest network of general insurance brokers in Australasia, to extend MetLife's group life cover to Australian small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The two companies have produced a suite of co-branded ...

Zurich makes senior appointment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... service. Anderson will also assume responsibility for the IT function within the business. Anderson joined the Australian business 18 months ago from Zurich's regional team in Hong Kong, where he held a number of senior roles spanning underwriting, product ...

Surge in Australian-educated FM professionals heading OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
An international study of Australians working in global asset management who were educated at Australian universities has found that more than half are now working for asset management firms outside Australia. The most represented universities among ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
All is clear again on the Wall Street front. Central bank assurances have silenced the Johnny Littles wailing that the sky is falling. We could only imagine now what would have happened to equity markets and in turn to sentiment and then the economies ...

Lonsec confirms interest in van Eyk's iRate

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... Moore Stephens revealed that it entered into an exclusivity arrangement with a potential buyer of the van Eyk Australian business. Moore Stephens said that the interested party is now conducting due diligence. The administrator will recommend moving ...

Van Eyk starts due diligence with potential buyer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... administrator Moore Stephens has entered into an exclusivity arrangement with a potential buyer of the van Eyk Australian business which is now conducting due diligence. Moore Stephens will nevertheless recommend moving the research business into liquidation ...

Australian family businesses lag global counterparts

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The performance of Australian family businesses over the last 12 months has lagged that of their global counterparts, according to the latest survey by PwC. Just over half (53%) of the local family businesses surveyed reported sales growth over the ...

NAB takes a $1bn hit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... financial-close process." NAB also announced a $297 million impairment linked to capitalised software, mostly within its Australian business. The bank said the benefits linked to the software had been substantially below what had been expected. It will ...