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CBA to close institutional equities business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
Commonwealth Bank is closing its institutional equities business following a strategic partnership with Goldman Sachs investment bank. Commonwealth Bank's proprietary institutional equities team that forms part of the bank's institutional banking and ...

FIIG launches adviser services

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... assist with the implementation and ongoing management of fixed income investments in advice practices. Explaining the new division (and describing it as a "plug-in service"), FIIG head of intermediary sales Grant McCorquodale said, "We see overseas investors ...

Shaw and Partners appoints another Macquarie vet

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Shaw and Partners has appointed a new institutional equities specialist. Darin Lester joins Shaw and Partners from BTIG, where he held a senior institutional equity sales position. Prior to that, he was a division director for alternative strategies ...

IQ Group adds to executive leadership team

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
Superannuation and wealth management consultant IQ Group has appointed a head of customer advocacy and assurance to align with the launch of the firm's new business unit. Joining IQ Group is Sharad Tanwar who will develop and deliver strategies to further ...

Westpac profit boosted by BTIM sale

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Westpac increased net profit by 6% to $8 billion over FY2015, driven largely by its partial sale of BT Investment Management. In its full-year results, the bank reported "a number of significant infrequent items that in aggregate increased net profit" ...

Colonial First State appoints independent super director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management division has announced a major hire that will see an independent director appointed in several superannuation board roles, most notably at Colonial First State Investments. Joining the boards of Colonial First State ...

ANZ private wealth sees digital growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
ANZ's private wealth division has recorded profit growth of 15% for the 2015 financial year on the back of a continued approach to "customer focused investment solutions." Releasing its 2015 full year results today, ANZ said funds under management (FUM) ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Fund and superannuation administrator MainstreamBPO listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) earlier this month and the milestone promised some exciting announcements. Darren Snyder talked to SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan about ...

Findex firm sets up family office division

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
A Findex-aligned firm will set up a family office division and has appointed an executive to lead the development of the new business arm. Adelaide-based Prescott Securities has appointed financial services professional Malcolm Caire as head of advisory ...

Voting opens on SelectingSuper Consumer Choice award

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Voting has opened for the SelectingSuper 2015 Consumer Choice award division of the SelectingSuper fund and product awards. This is the third year SelectingSuper has run the Consumer Choice award, with past winners being UniSuper in 2013 and EnergySuper ...