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EQT completes OAMPS buy

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
Equity Trustees has finalised its acquisition of the $265 million OAMPS Super Fund. The listed financial services group bought the fund, which previously belonged to the Wesfarmers Group, on 1 November. EQT chairman Tony Killen said OAMPS is a great ...

MLC to launch platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
MLC and NAB Wealth will launch a new full service wrap platform in early 2011, following through plans to build its wealth management arm. The new platform, branded "MLC Wrap", will be a blend of the Navigator and MasterKey Custom platforms, incorporating ...

QE2 is Gold(ilocks)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... (yes we know that), increase the valuation of risk assets and therefore purchases of them, raising their prices, create a "wealth effect" among households, encouraging them to spend. Increased household spending would lift business sales and profits. ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank completes Linear deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... Adelaide Bank have finalised its 24 per cent stake purchase in Linear Asset Management with immediate plans for Linear's wealth management platform. The bank said it would provide a new generation platform access for wealth and third party clients by ...

Blackshaw appointed QLD/WA head

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... Private Client's strategy to provide holistic support across all our clients' financial needs, including banking, lending, wealth, insurance, taxation and estate planning," said Rebecca Lim, general manager St.George Private Clients. Blackshaw's role ...

KKR bid signals more M&A in wealth mgmt

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' takeover bid for Perpetual is an endorsement of the health of Australia's wealth management industry - and reinforces the appeal of the sector to global investors, says the chief executive of BT Investment Management. Emilio ...

AIA raises US$20.5bn in IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... approximately 20 in the first two trading days following the listing. The Kuwaiti Investment Authority and CIC, China's sovereign wealth fund, were reported in overseas newspapers to be among the largest institutional investors that participated. The ...

Mercer planning chief joins Yellow Brick Road

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management has appointed Scott Walters, former head of financial planning at Mercer Wealth Solutions, to the role of retail head of financial planning. Walters will be responsible for leading and growing all aspects of the retail ...

Watts named GM of Westpac

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Former head of wealth management at Macquarie Private Wealth, Jane Watts, has been appointed general manager of Westpac Private Bank. Watts held roles within Macquarie Wealth Management for eight years, with earlier executive positions at Lend Lease/MLC ...

Future Fund adjusts long term asset allocation strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... asset allocation based on the expectations that deleveraging would continue in coming years and that there will be rising wealth in emerging economies (most notably China) that will continue to heighten demand for resources and technologies. As a result ...