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GESB appoints new CEO ahead of reform

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Former CEO of Westscheme Super Howard Rosario has been appointed chief executive officer of GESB.

HESTA makes board and exec team changes

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Health and community services super fund HESTA has made new board appointments and brought on two new managers to its executive team.

Perpetual hires ex-port manager to equities team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Perpetual Investments has hired ex-portfolio manager, Anthony Aboud, to join its equities team as an analyst in late February.

Crowe Horwath eyes HNWI business

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Accounting firm Crowe Horwath has appointed two new business advisory principals, Mary O'Driscoll and Jim Softsis, in a bid to expand into the high net worth individual space.

FSC chief made chair of Landcom

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
Head of the Financial Services Council John Brogden will step down from the board of the Sydney Ports Corporation in the wake of his appointment as chair of another state owned body.

AMP Capital appoints new portfolio manager

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
AMP Capital has announced Gary Burke as a senior portfolio manager in the Multi Asset Group.

Pengana fund manager departs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
The Pengana Asian Equities fund has been downgraded by Standard & Poor's in the wake of fund manager Elan Miller's departure from the team before Christmas.

Aberdeen strategy team changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Internal changes to Aberdeen Asset Management's multi-sector strategy teams have seen equities strategist, Peter Elston, promoted to the newly created role of head of Asia-Pacific strategy and asset allocation.

Global uncertainty creating employment anxiety

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Reluctance to change roles due to market uncertainty, a reliance on movement in senior positions to drive recruitment and a rush of ex-pats returning home is how 2012 is shaping up in the Australian finance job market, according to career site network ...

McKinnon to leave Perpetual

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Perpetual Limited's general manager, retail sales, equities Matthew McKinnon will be leaving the group by the end of the first quarter, the organisation told Financial Standard today.