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Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are AMP's financial planning director departing after 41 years at the company and BT Financial Group hiring a new head of general insurance. Financial planning director to leave AMP - Steve Helmich will leave AMP ...

Prime Value appoints distribution head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Boutique fund manager Prime Value has appointed a new head of retail distribution. David Glascott joins Prime Value from Investors Mutual, where he was state manager for Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia. He has also held positions at NAB, Macquarie ...

Australian Unity completes capital raising for new fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Australian Unity has announced it has completed its capital raising for a new retirement village development fund. The first development of the new fund will be a $65 million nine-level retirement complex in Melbourne. The building will comprise 91 ...

J.P.Morgan makes Australian appointment amid global restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
J.P.Morgan Asset Management has appointed a key account manager for Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Business development manager Joseph Tobias will join the funds business as key account manager to strengthen the firm's presence ...

Infocus looking to expand advice services

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
Infocus Wealth Management says it is in discussion with organisations and employer groups to further its outsourced financial advice services nationally. The announcement comes on top of Infocus now providing its financial advice services to industry ...

Western unconstrained strategy wins first mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
One of Western Asset Management's unconstrained strategies has won its first mandate from a large institutional investor in Australia. Western client service and marketing executive Michael Dale did not give more details about who the investor was or ...

Equity Trustees appoints WA estate planning lawyer

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Equity Trustees recently expanded its estate planning team in Western Australia with the appointment of Brigitte Hollett as estate planning lawyer. It follows the recent appointment of Stephanie Smith as estate planning solicitor which created Equity ...

Financial services SMEs top confidence survey

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
The financial services sector has ranked number one for optimism in the latest survey of SMEs conducted by Bibby Financial Services. Conducted in March, the Bibby Barometer survey quizzed 620 smaller companies (defined as having fewer than 200 employees) ...

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
A focus on dividends and the country's increasing weight in global indices mean Wells Capital emerging markets equity portfolio manager Alison Shimada is relaxed about negative media coverage and investor sentiment in China. Shimada says financial deregulation ...

EQT sets up WA estate planning service

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Equity Trustees (EQT) has set up an estate planning service in Western Australia and has appointed a Perth-based estate planning solicitor. Stephanie Smith is the first member of the EQT estate planning team in WA, but the organisation is looking to ...