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ANZ sheds planning staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
ANZ plans to make 58 staff redundant from the bank's financial planning division citing poorer-than-expected demand for advice. According to an ANZ spokesperson, the bank reviewed its financial planning division numbers and cut the number of roles by ...

AVG targets hacker behaviour

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Financial services firms should look at behavioural technology and website pre-scanning as key tools in their fight against identity theft and cyber crime, according to IT security firm AVG. Global internet security firm has added another feature to ...

Alleron focuses on cash and mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Alleron Investment Management chief executive, Barry Littler is banking on the firm's $5 million in capital reserves and a $1 billion mandate pipeline to see the firm through the financial crisis. Littler said the firm's $5 million capital reserves ...

Caravan parks deliver high income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
Caravan park funds are shaping up to be a fresh option for financial planners looking for income-producing products after Aspen Parks Property fund returned more than eight per cent in income last year. According to the firm's December fund report ...

Bankwest cuts 400 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
Commonwealth Bank of Australia subsidiary, Bankwest, is to shed around 400 employees from the bank's operations but confirms the financial planning arm will not be affected. The bank is planning on making 250 redundancies in Western Australia and 150 ...

China and India investment themes remain: Actis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
Chinese consumer good producers and Indian finance companies are some of the best emerging market private equity opportunities this year, according to specialist private equity firm. After raising almost more than A$4 billion in investments last year ...

Stimulate your package

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
Australian couples eligible to receive the government's $1,800 stimulus package cash injection could double the sum by investing in superannuation instead of blowing it on a holiday or a new plasma TV. Millions of Australians are set to receive a portion ...

S&P withdraws two UBS ratings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
Standard & Poor's has withdrawn the ratings of UBS Global Asset Management's (Australia) global infrastructure securities and credit enhanced cash funds after the institution terminated both funds. According to Standard & Poor's, the UBS Credit Enhanced ...

BGI appoints Australian CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) appointed Will Britten as chief executive of the firm's Australian business. Britten succeeds Morry Waked who was appointed global head of chief investment officer for BGI global active equity business earlier this year. ...

WW adds new portfolio advisory role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Watson Wyatt has hired Peter Ryan-Kane to fill a new role as head of portfolio advisory across Asia Pacific. Ryan-Kane returns to the global consulting firm after more than two years at Credit Suisse working across product development, investment solutions ...