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BNP appoints new head of APAC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
BNP Paribas Investment Partners is strengthening its business in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region with two key appointments. Ligia Torres has been appointed head of APAC and Emerging Markets for BNP. Torres was previously head of BNP Paribas Wealth Management ...

Elders to axe 10% of workforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Elders will cut 10% of its workforce as part of a business reorganisation which aims to cope with the operating costs of several initiatives that the group has undertaken over the previous years. It is still unclear if the Elders financial planning ...

Challenger dismisses Access takeover rumours

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Challenger is unlikely to take over infrastructure investment specialist Access Capital Advisers, despite media reports claiming the transaction was virtually a done deal. A spokesperson for Challenger said that the company's Fidante Partners division  ...

AMP bolsters corporate super business

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
AMP Financial Services has made a series of senior appointments to its corporate super business in an effort to cope with major regulatory change and changing customer preferences. AMP Corporate Super leadership team will have now six directors that ...

NAB denies "new" offshoring program in face of job loss figures

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
National Australia Bank (NAB) has denied that it has a "new" offshoring program, despite a Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) tally stating that 133 jobs had been offshored this year. According to an FSU tally NAB has axed 571 staff, as the bank ...

NAB continues wealth division reshuffle

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
NAB is reshuffling its wealth management division after revealing redundancies of key roles and has appointed a new general manager of Advice Partnerships. Former Godfrey Pembroke general manager Peter Smith will take over the role of manager of Advice ...

Bowen and Cormann at odds over adviser enshrinement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
The debate around the enshrinement of the term 'financial planner' has revealed division between Treasurer Chris Bowen and shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann. "An important priority for a re-elected Rudd Labor ...

Global firm mulls Aussie advice market

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Global consultancy and risk adviser firm Willis Group has set up a small financial planning business in Australia and is considering the possibility of expanding. The firm's Employee Benefits division advises companies on group insurance for its employees ...

NAB Wealth flat as bank's profit rises 2%

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
National Australia Bank (NAB) has described stable earnings in its wealth division as it reports a 2% rise in cash profit to $1.5 billion in its latest quarterly update. The bank followed AMP and ANZ in expressing concern about the performance of its ...

ANZ profit, wealth FUM up despite insurance concerns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Funds under management growth of 6% year-to-date in ANZ's global wealth division have helped the bank post a solid profit in its latest nine-month report. In a statement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), the bank announced an unaudited 7% ...