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BNP hires head Aus and NZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
BNP Paribas Securities Services promoted Pierre Jond as head of the firm's Australian and New Zealand operation. Jond starts his role at the end of November and will begin the hand over with Jean-Marc Pasquet when he arrives next month. Pasquet returns ...

ABN AMRO morphs into RBS Morgans

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... Morgans - a name change reflecting the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) commitment to its 50 per cent shareholding in the company. Managing director Brian Sheahan said the firm has over 450 advisors and 54 offices throughout Australia and is represented ...

Cambridge Strategy opens shop in Sydney

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
London-based active currency alpha and overlay manager The Cambridge Strategy has opened a Sydney office to conduct research and portfolio management. The new office will be led by Chris Udy, who has worked with the firm in its London office as director ...

CFS saves $4m in prod costs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Colonial First State is expected to save more than $4 million in production, distribution and power costs after switching to electronic documentation to correspond with clients and investors. The Planet Ark pilot program, PaperCutz 4 Planet Ark, has ...

Martin Currie hires BDM for Asia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Martin Currie Investment Management hired former Vanguard Investments institutional business development executive, Ee Fang Chen, as business development director for Asia. Ee Fang was responsible for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong institutional business ...

Russell OpenWorld targets insto investors

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
Russell Investments has launched its OpenWorldA(R) fund range which will for the first time give Australian wholesale investors access to some of Russell's boutique fund managers on a single manager basis. Globally the new range offers investment professionals ...

Patersons and Davies open fixed income shop

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
Patersons Securities has launched a specialist fixed income and hybrid securities joint venture with Bryan Davies, former chief executive and co-founder at Yellow Brick Road. The Sydney-based division, Davies & Partners, is half owned by Patersons Securities ...

AMP hires former ING Aus exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
AMP Financial Services has created a new role to cater for independent financial advisers and alliance partners, recruiting Dan Powell, formerly at ING Australia, to the position. Powell has more than 20 years experience in the financial services industry. ...

QIC splits Aussie eq into boutiques

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
The $65 billion fund manager QIC is restructuring its Australian equities team into separate boutiques of small and large companies - and closing two businesses in its existing line-up. QIC's review of its business strategy earlier this year saw it ...

Gunning joins Ord Minnett as CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
The former general manager of Commonwealth Financial Planning, Tim Gunning, has been appointed chief executive of Ord Minnett. Gunning will be responsible for Ord Minnett Private Wealth, Portfolio Services, Funds Management and Corporate Finance businesses. ...