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Countplus buys risk dealer group

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
Countplus has bought risk-focused dealer group Total Financial Solutions Dealership, which has over $1 billion, as its final acquisition before a planned IPO in December. The non-accounting based dealer group has around 70 advisers. Its head office ...

SSgA hires NYSE exec to join ETF team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
State Street Global Advisors has appointed the former global head of exchange traded funds of the New York Stock Exchange as managing director and global head of ETF product development. In this new role, Ebner will be based in State Street Global Advisors' ...

AMP appoints business partnership manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
AMP Financial Planning has appointed former Westpac lead state banker David Randall to the newly created role of business partnership manager. Randall will look after North Queensland, covering the area north from Rockhampton and west to Mt Isa. AMP ...

Addwealth appoints head BDM

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
Financial planning firm Addwealth has appointed the founder of Associated Planners Financial Services, Daryl Pratt, to the newly created role head of business development. In this new role, Pratt will be responsible for identifying and recruiting businesses ...

ANZ to open Chengdu centre

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
ANZ Bank has established a new Chinese-language operations centre in Chengdu to support its business growth in the region. Speaking at a signing ceremony with the Chengdu Government, ANZ chief executive Mike Smith said ANZ has now reached a size in ...

BlackRock appoints new MD for Brazil

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
BlackRock has appointed Luiz Felipe Andrade as managing director and country head of Brazil, who will be responsible for expanding BlackRock's footprint in the country. Andrade will lead a local team of 16 professionals located in BlackRock's Brazil ...

CommInsure wins industry fund mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
CommInsure has won two mandates to provide risk insurance services to industry funds Care Super and Vision Super. Vision Super has appointed CommInsure for the fund's self-insured death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) insurances. This deal ...

One in five ignore super accounts

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Nearly 20 per cent of Australians have no idea how many super funds they currently have, new research from REST Super shows. A new online snap poll of more than 600 REST Superannuation members has found that an alarming one in five have no clue how ...

MetLife appoints insto distribution head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
MetLife Insurance has appointed former Marsh Employee Benefits national manager, Peter Smith, as head of institutional distribution for MetLife in Australia. Smith, in his most recent role of national manager at Marsh, was responsible for group and ...

AIA not for sale

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
AIA group executive chairman Mark Tucker has dismissed media speculation that AIA Group's Australian operation is for sale. "I wish to make a clear statement to the Australian market and our valued partners, advisers, and customers that AIA Australia ...