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ISN and FSC form 'unprecedented' union

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
A bridge over the traditional gulf between the industry and retail superannuation sectors appears to be under construction following an announcement from the Financial Services Council (FSC) - representing retail - and the Industry Super Network (ISN) ...

Credit Suisse Asia Pac private banking chairman steps down

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
Credit Suisse chairman of private banking for the Asia Pacific region Marcel Kreis has stepped down from his role this month, the financial services company has confirmed. Kreis joined Credit Suisse in February 2007 as head of private banking for Asia ...

No more SMSF tax loopholes for excess concessional contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
SMSF investors will no longer be able to use excess concessional contributions (ECCs) to avoid paying the highest rate of tax on their income, according to AMP SMSF's head of policy and technical Peter Burgess. Speaking at the SPAA State Technical Conference ...

Macquarie expects 2014 profit rise after strong quarter

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
The strong performances of Macquarie Group's wealth divisions have led the financial services company to confirm it expects to report a year-on-year rise in profits for 2014. In a first quarter update ahead of the group's annual general meeting, managing ...

AMP director Adrian Emery departs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
AMP director of strategic marketing and sales Adrian Emery has left the company, AMP has confirmed. The financial services firm said Emery had made a huge contribution to the successful integration of the new sales division following AMP's merger with ...

HLB growth leads to senior appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
HLB Mann Judd has appointed three new directors and two partners following the growth of its wealth management business and advisory services. Andrew Lord will be the group's wealth management director. Lord has 20 years' experience in financial services ...

Former ANZ, UBS exec to head new Bennelong division

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Bennelong Group has appointed Fiona Rowland to lead its new national wealth management and advisory business. The new business is aimed specifically at providing products and services to high net worth and ultra-high net worth investors. Bennelong intends ...

Morningstar investment advice subsidiary makes four appointments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Morningstar's Investment Management division has appointed four people to its investment advisory subsidiary, Ibbotson Associates Australia. Scott Mclennan has joined as senior relationship manager, Katharine Jackson and Brent Finneran have joined as ...

TAL centralises customer service

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Insurance provider TAL has created a new business unit that centralises its customer services functions and operations. The new division aims to bring greater efficiency and to create a single source for the information customers receive. TAL chief ...

Challenger stages lifetime annuities comeback

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Lifetime annuities could be staging a dramatic comeback with Challenger targeting sales of $240 million in the 2013 financial year. According to figures from Plan For Life, the industry has not seen demand of that size since 2004, when the top six companies ...