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AXA's North man joins NAB

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Andrew Barnett, the man who led the team behind AXA Asia Pacific's successful North platform and product range, has joined NAB this week to head up the bank's new retirement solutions team.

AMP Capital appoints Alliston and Lau

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
AMP Capital has expanded its Multi Asset Group capability, appointing former Apostle AM director Debbie Alliston as head of portfolio management and former Goldman Sachs AM product manager Silvana Lau as senior investment manager client solutions.

AMP FP names head of product research

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Following former AMP Financial Planning research manager's Brendan Irwin departure last month, the group has promoted Lucie McFarlane to head of product research for AMP and Hillross.

Macq Private Wealth appoints COO

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
Former Merrill Lynch managing director Natasha Yeoh was appointed chief operating officer at Macquarie Private Wealth.

JBWere targets Asian HNWs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
JBWere recruits a team from a rival firm to boost its advisory services targeted at Asian high net worth investors based in Australia.

Researcher van Eyk appoints two, Ruddock departs

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
Research house van Eyk loses a senior investment analyst to UBS this month and has since made two new appointments to its analyst team.

Insync hires senior portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
Former head of research and portfolio manager at Seilern Investment Management in London, Bob Desmond, has joined international equity fund manager, Insync Funds Management as senior portfolio manager.

K2 Asset boosts intl eq team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
K2 Asset Management has appointed 11-year industry veteran Jeff Thomson to its international equities team.

Plato poaches GMO quant

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Don Hamson, managing director of Plato, has recruited another former member of his active equities team at State Street Global Advisors, with Mark Thompson joining the boutique fund as a senior portfolio manager.

Aus Ethical head of distribution departs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Paul Harding-Davis has left his role as head of distribution at Australian Ethical Investment following a business strategy restructure at the $650 million fund manager.