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Bendigo Wealth acquires AIM Financial Services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
Bendigo Wealth has announced the purchase of AIM Financial Services Limited, a boutique Independent Financial Planning business located in Melbourne. Alex Tullio, Bendigo Wealth's Head of Wealth Markets said this acquisition is the first step towards ...

Macquarie Private Wealth adds to Vic advice team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... Macquarie Private Wealth's State Manager for Victoria, Malcolm Cameron, welcomed Mr Chartres and said the business continues to focus on growing its advice team. "At Macquarie Private Wealth we are focused on continuing to build on our team of highly-skilled ...

Westpac Group restructure, Coombe resigns

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
Westpac has announced a major group structural shake-up, which sees the creation of two new divisions, senior appointments and the resignation of group executive Rob Coombe. The new Australian Financial Services (AFS) division combines Westpac Retail ...

rmg acquires Piersbridge Consultants

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... one of their three principals readies for retirement. "When we decided to find a partner we wanted someone that shared our focus on quality client outcomes, had the scale to win into the future and who could tailor the succession solution to meet our ...

DST Global Solutions launches HiPortfolio upgrade

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
Software and technology provider DST Global Solutions has upgraded its investment accounting and asset servicing solution HiPortfolioA(R) 3v10. DST said the enhanced version is the latest in a regular cycle of functional and technical enrichment, based ...

AXA IM to expand responsible investment focus

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
AXA Investment Managers is stepping up its focus on responsible investing with plans to expand its five-strong global team and build on research in the sector in the New Year. The asset management firm believes growth in investment funds directed into ...

Alleron wins AustralianSuper mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
AustralianSuper has awarded a $440 million mandate to Australian equity manager, Alleron Investment Management. Established in 2004, Alleron is a Sydney-based boutique investment firm, with around $2 billion in funds under management, and uses a long ...

FPA welcomes standards

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... the industry abides by the highest standards. Matthew Rowe, chair of the FPA board, emphasised the new vision, brand and focus of the association since last year's conference, thanking members for their dedication but also cautioning that there was much ...

Planners lack social media commitment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... while familiarising themselves with social media tools. "It is also important to choose one tool, such as LinkedIn, and focus your strategy on that, don't spread yourself across all of them and exhaust yourself." Staggs said the number one mistake made ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower, after falls on the US and European markets overnight. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 51 points at 4,208. In economic news on Friday, the Commonwealth ...