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HSBC appoints investment sales manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... Financial Services and previously held positions with St George Margin Lending and ING Bank. HSBC Global Investments is the wealth management arm of HSBC Bank Australia, distributing the international asset management capabilities of the HSBC Group to ...

Temasek invests $50m in renewable fuels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
Singapore sovereign wealth fund (SWF), Temasek Holdings, has invested $50 million in Californian-based renewable chemicals and fuel start-up company, Amyris Biotechnologies. The company will use the funds to support commercial plant design and construction ...

How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... agreed that household spending going forward was likely to remain constrained by weak labor market conditions, lower housing wealth, tight credit, and modest income growth." Because of these the recovery "is likely to be moderate for a time" and therefore ...

Perpetual Select Super to slash insurance premium by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... for themselves through super," said Ian Pendleton, general manager of product and fiduciary services at Perpetual Private Wealth. According to a press statement, other changes include allowing members to transfer existing cover without risk assessment. ...

Infocus plans further expansion

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
Planning firm Infocus Wealth Management is on track to recruit 20 new adviser offices this financial year and looks to add another 20 by the end of June next year. Darren Steinhardt, managing director of Queensland-headquartered Infocus Wealth Management ...

NAB a step closer to buying AXA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... be repaid. NAB will therefore buy AXA APH A&NZ without debt. The deal includes NAB buying the Australian and New Zealand wealth management and insurance businesses (including the Australian mature business). This includes the advice businesses of ipac ...

BNY hires insto BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... joining the firm, Phillips worked at RiskMetrics Group in Singapore as director, Asia Pacific, wherein he assisted sovereign wealth funds (SWF) and other large institutional asset managers to understand and manage risk in portfolios. Before RiskMetrics ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... Exchange, the June share price index contract was four points higher at 4,927, on volume of 8,647 contracts. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer, adviser the market was just clawing into positive territory supported by strength in the resources ...

UK bans commission payments from products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... great to know what's happening in the UK but I don't read this as a bellwether for the local environment." However, many wealth management groups in Australia still requiring the fee for service advice fees to be paid through their platforms highlights ...

Can an outsider transform ipac financial planning?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... partnering arm previously ran by John Saint, now CEO at planning group Genesys. Both ipac and Genesys are owned by listed wealth management firm, AXA Asia Pacific. Swindells said Roy was the best candidate for the job, with her impressive track record ...