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Financial Simplicity completes Avanteos trio

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... taken up a position as non-executive director with the group. Entwistle's appointment reunites him with recently resigned Skandia head and former Avanteos chief executive Mark Papendiek and Financial Simplicity founder and former Avanteos staffer Stuart ...

Papendieck to leave Skandia

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Multi-manager and platform group Skandia is searching for a new retail general manager after Mark Papendieck resigned to focus on his other business interests. Papendieck has been with the company for nearly two years after he joined as chief operating ...

Platforms divided on shelf space fees

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... of Commerce luncheon in June, also raised no opposition, as long as shelf fees were passed onto the customer. However, Skandia's chief executive officer Ross Laidlaw said he felt shelf fees meant platform and wrap providers ended up "conflicted". "We've ...

Lonsec upgrades Templeton equity fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... Equity Manager of the year award for 2006 and is now available on over nine platforms, including BT Wrap, Macquarie Wrap, Skandia, Symetry, TPS, GSJBW, Portfolio One, and Wealthview. A wholesale version is also now available with a minimum initial investment ...

Super averages 15.3 pct for 2006-07

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... funds. Master trusts, however, again dominate the lists of leading funds for Australian share options, with AMP, ING, Skandia, Fiducian and Colonial products being the top performers in the premier sector. Despite this, not-for-profit funds achieved ...

Skandia upgrades client support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
Skandia is upgrading how they support their key dealership partners by introducing three levels of support that include account management, relationship management and centralising how they manage ongoing liaison between their key accounts and Skandia's ...

Skandia exec heads to BT

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
BT has lured former Skandia executive Judy Clark to the organisation as national manager of Wrap Advantage. Clark has over 20 years of experience and was previously Skandia's national key account manager. She begins in August. "We are thrilled to be ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Skandia has bowed to the inevitable and replaced Mercer Investment Consulting with in-house consultancy Intech as its portfolio construction adviser from next month, ending uncertainty over where the two companies sat within the business. Speculation ...

Macq appoints new WA business manager

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
Macquarie Adviser Services (MAS) has appointed former Skandia executive Rob Thompson as its new strategic business manager in Western Australia. Thompson has more than 17 years experience in the industry, and will be in charge of exploring new business ...

Intech courts alternatives

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
Skandia's 2006 acquisition Intech has ramped up its exposure to alternative investment strategies with the launch of its Global Trading Strategies Trust II (GTSII) diversified alternatives trust. "Intech's diversified trust investors now have the opportunity ...