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Joyce Phillips appointed to FSC board

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Joyce Phillips, CEO, global wealth & private, ANZ, has been appointed as a director of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at a board meeting on 23 August 2012. Phillip's election means the FSC's board is now at full complement with 14 directors. "Joyce ...

GBST Composer suite FoFA ready

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Global securities transaction and wealth administration software provider, GBST claims that its Composer suite is the first market ready response to the controversial Future of Financial Advice legislation. GBST Compose is a platform that aims to reduce ...

MLC names executive manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... has named Scott Hartley to the newly-created role of executive general manager of the firm's Corporate and Institutional Wealth division. Hartley joined MLC in 1999. His previous roles include general manager of Strategy and Marketing and general manager ...

ASIC lines up Macquarie Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
ASIC is in the preliminary stages of an investigation into Macquarie's private wealth division over concerns related to potential breaches by advisers. It is understood that the regulator has written to Macquarie Group and issued a request for information ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... reason why." Natural buyers for the debt are few, and "the banks dominated that space for so long, super funds and sovereign wealth funds never had a chance to explore it as an option." Rather than simply buying off the balance sheet, opportunities also ...

Solaris appoints insto inv specialist

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... clients, consultants and prospects dedicated access to in-depth portfolio analysis on a regular basis. "Neale brings a wealth of experience to the role and his high level of technical ability and demonstrated investment management experience will be ...

Australian Unity expands investment team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... executive and ex-Westpac Institutional banker part of the team. Jody Fitzgerald joins as investment specialist from UBS Wealth Management where she was head of investment and product research. Previously with Hastings Funds Management as director of ...

IRESS renews NAB wealth tech agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
National Australia Bank has retained IRESS with a renewed multi-year agreement for the supply of wealth technology to the bank's advice channels. Under the new agreement, XPLAN will be rolled out to the entire NAB and MLC network of more than 4000 users ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... index (PMI) fell to 49.2 index points in August, from 50.1 the previous month, government figures showed. Macquarie Private Wealth division director Lucinda Chan said the figures were a further sign of a Chinese economic slowdown and a negative for the ...

Self-reliant investors need professional advice: SFG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... identifying the increases as driven organically. This included the completion of tuck-in acquisitions of Melbourne-based wealth management firm Jeena Partners and the business of Life Financial Services and Spencers Accountants, both based in Ballarat ...