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Mercer appoints research manager from Count

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Former Count senior research executive Brendan Irwin has been appointed to the role of research manager within Mercer's financial advice business. In this role, which he began on 7 July, Irwin will be focused on investment research, a Mercer spokesperson ...

Sunsuper prepares for end of super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Industry super funds should ready themselves for the removal of superannuation from the modern awards system, according to Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley. Six months into his role at the fund, the former NAB exec told Financial Standard he thought ...

Whitehelm Capital appoints chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
Whitehelm Capital has appointed Gary Withers from UK fund manager First State Investments as its chief executive officer. The appointment coincides with the merger of Challenger Limited's infrastructure division with Access Capital and the formal commencement ...

ASIC changes depend on the government: Medcraft

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... However, he admitted that the regulator's failure to address planner misconduct within Commonwealth Bank financial planning division "was not an issue of resources, our trust was misplaced." Medcraft said that ASIC has "30 staff looking to monitor over ...

Former Macquarie exec to head IRESS division

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
IRESS has appointed former Macquarie executive Matthew Rady as its new group executive for its financial markets business. Reporting directly to chief executive officer Andrew Walsh, Rady will be responsible for leading IRESS' financial markets business ...

Westpac appoints national Agribusiness GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... operations in New South Wales and regional commercial business in Queensland for Westpac's retail and business banking division (WRRB). Prior to that, he was head of business banking for regional NSW and the ACT. "We recognise the agri-industry is of ...

FoFA changes designed to protect big players: opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
Labor, the Greens and Industry Super Australia (ISA) strongly opposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation on the grounds that changes "seem designed to protect the profits of larger financial services companies." Both Labor ...

EQT appoints Equipsuper CFO to head new division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Equipsuper's former chief financial officer will head Equity Trustees' (EQT) new superannuation trustee office. In his new role, John Rodd will report to EQT head of private wealth services Geoffory Rimmer. Rodd has over 30 years' experience in financial ...

SSgA ETF head leaves following appointment of new boss

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) Asia Pacific head of ETFs Frank Henze has stood down after more than three and a half years with the company. Henze's resignation follows a reshuffle of SSgA's Asia Pacific intermediary business group which saw James ...

IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The increasingly concentrated Australian financial services industry is about to be shaken by a merger that will position an independent provider on the front row for the first time in years. IOOF's bid to acquire SFG Australia (SFGA) shows that the ...