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Skandia extends services to retirees

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008

Skandia has developed a new wholesale retirement product, Wholesale Retirement Solutions, which covers the accumulation, transition to retirement and income stream phases for retiring investors at wholesale fees. Skandia Wholesale Retirement Solutions ...

Skandia appoints retail head

Skandia has appointed former St George senior executive Andrew Black as its new general manager in retail. Black starts his new role next week and will be heading Skandia's platform business, which has $6 billion-plus in funds under management and was ...

Skandia appoints head of retail distribution

Skandia has appointed ex-ING sales head Wes Gillett as its new head of retail distribution. Gillett will lead the Skandia retail platform sales team with a brief to oversee sales and adviser relationships nationally. Prior to joining Skandia, Gillett ...

Platforms control two-thirds of planner FUA

... fees if the business flows justify the price." Rainmaker found the Colonial group, Asgard, Navigator, BT, Macquarie and Skandia had the most reach with advisers, but it was among the non-aligned planning groups where the market was becoming most dynamic. ...

Deutsche appoints ex-Skandia head

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007

... Investments retail researchers and platforms in Australia. Previously, Fitzgerald was head of retail investment services at Skandia where she was in charge of the company's consulting services for retail clients. Prior to Skandia, Fitzgerald was a senior ...

Intech appoints new sales head

CHRIS NICHOLLS | THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007

... programs and retail products push. Ron Liling, Intech's chief investment officer, said Intech's increased scale through its Skandia connection would mean a greater need for sales staff. "As Intech uses its increased scale and global reach to step up ...

Volatility fails to dampen super returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS | WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007

... year, 24.9 per cent over three years and 20.1 per cent over five years. The best performing Australian equities fund, Skandia's geared blended Australian Shares Fund, delivered 45.8 per cent per annum over three years. Of the individual default funds ...

Skandia appoints new tech services head

CHRIS NICHOLLS | MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007

Skandia has appointed former Perpetual executive Damian Hearn as technical services manager. Hearn was previously technical services manager for Perpetual Private Clients, a role he held since 2004. He also spent time working at Asgard Wealth Solutions ...

Intech rounds out product team

CHRIS NICHOLLS | FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007

Skandia's investment consultant house Intech has appointed former Perpetual executive Katherine Burns as head of investment product and former ipac product manager Julie Smith as investment product specialist. The pair commenced their positions on October ...

Skandia gives multi-managers mandates

CHRIS NICHOLLS | TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007

Skandia has introduced mandate structures to their multi-manager funds, allowing investors access to managers closed to new investors or previously available only through mandates. Skandia's chief executive officer, Ross Laidlaw, said, the move will ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI | 12:42PM

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | 12:34PM

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI | 12:17PM

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA | 12:29PM

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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