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New AFS CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Former ANZ advice executive Alan Logan has been revealed as the new chief executive officer of Australian Financial Services (AFS). Logan joins AFS from private consultancy Bombora Advice, and before this was general manager for ANZ Advice and Distribution. ...

New analyst for AB Australia

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Global investment management firm AllianceBernstein today announced the appointment of a new research analyst, James Robertson, to the AllianceBernstein Value team. He will initially cover metals, mining and chemicals. He joins AllianceBernstein from ...

Storm's victims counselled against settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Stewart Levitt, the lawyer representing victims of the failed Storm Financial Group has advised clients not to accept an out-of-court settlement, should one be offered. Levitt advised his clients not to support any move by the Australian Securities ...

ETSL appoints superannuation chair

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
Equity Trustees Limited has appointed Anne O'Donnell as non-executive chair of its superannuation business, Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited. O'Donnell is taking over as chair from Rob Dillon who has retired. Dillion set up Wealthpac Master Fund ...

Mariners bid underdone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
Mariner Corporation was this morning considering an appeal, after the Takeovers Panel ruled that it couldn't count on the funding for its proposed bid for Austock. Darren Olney-Fraser, Mariner CEO, was unable to confirm the appeal, but said a meeting ...

Super loyalty defies low return expectations

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
CoreData research reveals robust investor attachment to non-performing funds. It is investor apathy, argues Kristen Turnbull the researcher's head of advice, wealth and super which led over half of the members surveyed (57%) to suggest they would stick ...

Fidelity calls rising tide for equities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Having been bearish on equities for the past 18 months, there is growing evidence for cautious optimism on the part of equity investors. Equities have been pushed down by fears of a European crisis, however equity markets have "switched out of panic ...

MySuper Bill could expose individual trustees to legal action

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Superannuation reforms could leave individual trustees open to litigation, causing a group of representative bodies to write to the Federal Government to voice their concerns. In a joint submission, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

APA ups HDF offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The APA group has raised its offer for the Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund after it was granted due-diligence access to the fund's books earlier this week. This ups the ante on the battle for the infrastructure fund, which is also subject to takeover ...

Two global infra hires: AMP Capital

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
AMP Capital has made two senior appointments to its global infrastructure team. Manish Aggarwal has been appointed as investment and operations director, based in London. Aggarwal is responsible for activities spanning transaction execution, due diligence ...