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Suncorp's Fox retires

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
Suncorp group executive wealth management, Dennis Fox, steps down after 35 years in financial services. Retiring on July 31 this year, Fox will be replaced by Geoffrey Summerhayes who was most recently Australian general manager specialised businesses ...

Adviser Edge seals another deal with van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... we've seen a pull back in equities and property, [particularly] for capital protected type products," he said. According to Geoff Watkins, Adviser Edge head of structured products research, the firm expanded its research to structured products last year. ...

Asgard to launch alternatives to cash

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Speaking at the Securitor conference in Auckland, New Zealand, Geoff Lloyd, Asgard Wealth Solutions chief executive said the group is developing new products to help Securitor clients stay fully invested in the market instead of allocating money to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... index contract was up 161 points, or 2.79 per cent, at 5,939 on 16,887 contracts. ABN AMRO Morgans senior equities adviser Geoff Voller said retail trading volumes were light. Mr Voller said the resource sector was strong on the back of news that China's ...

NAB FP switches to fee for advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... right to make a move towards a fee for advice only approach for all new personal investment and superannuation clients," Geoff Rogers, general manager NAB Financial Planning, said. "Commissions will always be associated with the sale of a product and ...

GSJBWAM appoints infrastructure exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Award for his research into the implications of climate change on the investment industry. Geoff Frankish, head of infrastructure at GSJBWAM, said the Australian Infrastructure Wholesale Fund had received strong interest. ...

AIG expands insurance team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
Insurance giant AIG Life has appointed Geoffrey Grace and Sarah Dobell to its insurance team to drive the company's customer service focus. Grace returns to AIG Life after spending five years managing life operations at AXA Asia Pacific. "It's my job ...

ING Australia buys FSP Group

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... Australia's existing network which includes Millennium 3, ANZ Financial Planning, RetireInvest and ING. FSP Group chief executive, Geoff Rimmer and chairman, Frank Wolf, will continue to lead the group. However, Andrew Doquile, managing director of Tandem ...

Platforms demand liquidity on alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... balanced portfolio, platforms are still coming to grips with the liquidity and pricing issues surrounding the asset class. Geoff Lloyd, chief executive at Asgard Wealth Solutions, said Asgard's platform provided investors with access to hedge funds ...

What happened to baby platforms?

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... investment asset allocation, it's easier to people into a smaller type offering. It's also easier for the adviser," he said. Geoff Lloyd, chief executive at Asgard Wealth Solutions, agrees. "We do feel the need to offer a mini platform for lower cost ...