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AMP to broaden planner network

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
AMP's incoming chief executive Craig Dunn has outlined the company's strategy to expand planner numbers and improve admin support. Dunn, who replaces Andrew Mohl as AMP chief executive in January, said the financial planning industry has suffered a ...

Watson Wyatt appoints ex-Intech CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
Watson Wyatt has appointed former Intech chief investment officer Hugh Dougherty to senior consultant. While at Intech, Dougherty was directly involved in capital markets research, investment manager research and portfolio management. Previoulsy, he ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after financial stocks fell in New York amid rising investor concern about mortgage defaults and lower consumer spending during the holiday shopping season. At 0740 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Liontamer lends weight to blue gold

Is water really an increasingly scarce commodity? Investment group Liontamer predicts that the shortage of fresh water in the future will drive the investment returns of listed companies that specialise in the 'blue gold' sector. Liontamer, majority ...

Falkiner poised for retail growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
After three years of establishing its business, boutique funds specialist Falkiner Global Investors, partners with Colonial First State global asset management chief executive Warwick Negus and flags a renewed focus on global equities. Negus becomes ...

Product-based fees create conflict

Financial planners will not be recognised as true professionals for as long as 'product-based' remuneration models exist, according to discussion papers released by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). The Institute has used an ...

ING sales head departs

ING Australia (INGA) has announced that its current executive director of sales and marketing, Dan Powell, will leave INGA early next year. Powell's departure comes after three years in the role and amid a busy period for the company, which has launched ...

Future fund appoints another private equity expert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
The federal government's Future Fund has appointed Steve Byrom to investment director of private markets. Starting the role next week, Byrom will report to head of private markets Gary Gabriel. Byrom has more than 12 years experience in private equity ...

Aust Unity selects DSTi

Fund manager Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has chosen DSTi as its provider of front and middle office solutions, including unit pricing, client reporting and pre- and post-trade compliance. "The business required a solution that would meet its ...

K2 floats on $20 million

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
K2 Asset Management's delayed initial public offering (IPO) has closed oversubscribed, giving the company a $20.48 million early Christmas present. K2 sold the nine per cent slice at $1.05 per share, giving the company a $228.6 million market cap from ...