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CBUS chief joins ASFA board

ASFA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
David Atkin, chief executive of CBUS, has been appointed as an industry funds representative to ASFA's board of directors.

Hillross chief moves to Centric Wealth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
John McMurdo, managing director at Hillross Financial Services, has left to join Centric Wealth as chief executive. Ray Djani, head of growth and M&A at Hillross, takes his spot until a replacement is found.

Treasury Group names distribution execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Peter Walsh, former head of retail at Putnam Investments in Australia, has been appointed head of retail distribution.

IOOF hires ex-Aviva GM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
IOOF has appointed Ron Beard, previously a general manager at Aviva Australia, as its new general manager in operations, effective this week.

MLC names insurance leadership team

MLC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
MLC has appointed ex-Aviva Frank Lombardo to key insurance role and promoted David Evans, Andrew Howard, Sean McCormack and Graham Morrison to its insurance leadership team.

Financial services execs gain Aus day honours

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Industry heavyweights Michael D'Ascenzo, Robert Maple-Brown, and Peter Hall are among those honoured at this year's Australia Day celebrations for their work in and outside the finance industry.

Bird to step down as CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Andrew Bird, chief executive at Morningstar Australasia, is stepping down from the role at the end of March.

Cromwell hires head of property services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Property and funds manager Cromwell Group has appointed former Mirvac executive Noel Woodward to the position of head of property services.

HSBC Bank hires Contango director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
HSBC Bank Australia has hired Contango Asset Management investment services director, Carol Austin, as an independent non-executive director and Peter Wong also as a non-executive director.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney appoints Aus chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has appointed former managing director of Commonwealth Securities (CommSec), Matthew Comyn, as chief executive of its Australian wealth management business.