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TAL appoints new directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... senior executive Tatsusaburo Yamamoto steps down as a director to return to a role in Tokyo within Dai-ichi Life, TAL's parent company. Boyle was previously chief executive of the UK operations of Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance (RSA) from 2002 to 2006 ...

BT Financial Group posts 21% profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... ensure we are meeting their needs in terms of products and services to their clients," Cooper said. BT Financial Group's parent company, Westpac, reported a 10% rise in profits for the half year to 31 March 2014 to $3.622 billion. The bank saw a 7% increase ...

Poll shows low esteem for financial advisers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Almost 70% of people aged between 35 and 55 do not think they would have benefitted from professional financial advice, a survey conducted by REST Industry Super has found. When asked the question, 'If you received any/more professional advice, do you ...

PROFILE: Cbus chief executive David Atkin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
"An idyllic tropical life" is how David Atkin describes his childhood in Papua New Guinea. While his parents taught in a local school, he spent his days "wandering around the forest, being looked after by the locals, exploring every day, having a lot ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Australia's superannuation tax concession is too generous towards the wealthy and should be scrapped before it becomes an expensive drag on the country's finances, according to new research from the Australia Institute. The think tank said that tax ...

ANZ head of aligned licensees leaves, joins van Eyk

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... Advice including business operations and risk management. He has also been appointed head of finance for van Eyk Advice's parent company van Eyk Research. Flynn has over 20 years' financial services experience working for companies including ANZ, ING ...

PIS adds consultants amid Centrepoint capital raising

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... the development of our advisers' practices including consulting to the network on new initiatives." Centrepoint is PIS' parent company.

Investec to sell local professional banking arm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... Australian market. We have an experienced leadership team with a focused business backed by a strong global balance sheet and parent. We are in a good position to concentrate on what we do best within our specialist niches and to demonstrate our distinctive ...

Bridges CEO leaves after implementing IOOF model

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... implementation of the shared IOOF model services. Bridges Financial has already started the search for a new chief executive and its parent company, IOOF, has engaged an external agency to assist in the search. An IOOF spokesperson told Financial Standard ...

Standard Life Investments to buy UK fund manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Standard Life Investments has acquired UK-based fund manager Ignis from parent company Phoenix Group for A£390 million ($700 million). Subject to regulatory approval, the deal will see Phoenix and Standard Life Investments form a 'strategic alliance' ...