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Australian Financial Services Digest Specialist Recruitment Divisions: Project / Program Management Change Management Business Transformation Business Analysis General Insurance Life Insurance Wealth Management Superannuation Banking Accountancy & Finance 2nd April 2015 Jonathan Attwood Project Services Recruitment 02 8247 5715 0405 143 981 Jonathana@porterallen.com.au Sydney I Melbourne I Adelaide I Brisbane Canberra I Perth I Singapore I Hong Kong Market News Contacts: Project Services Jonathan Attwood 02 8247 5715 0405 143 981 Jonathana@porterallen.com.au Insurance Lesley Martin 02 8247 5720 0434 981 186 Lesleym@porterallen.com.au Wealth Management Mark Redman 02 8247 5707 0406 626 788 Markr@porterallen.com.au Wealth Hyperion Asset Management has closed its institutional business to net inflows, blaming capacity issues Nikko Asset Management has entered into a partnership with Eurasia Group to offer global investors access to emerging markets Argo Investments is set to launch a new infrastructure-focused listed investment company, Argo Global Listed Infrastructure Limited Lonsec has upgraded the Principal Global Investors Global Opportunities Equity Fund to ‘recommended’ status Ironbark Asset Management has acquired Certitude Global Investments FIIG has launched a new online ordering system for buying and selling corporate bonds Banking CBA has launched a new point-of-sale tablet device Sydney Level 17 15 Blue Street North Sydney NSW 2060 02 8247 5700 www.porterallen.com.au Melbourne Level 13 31 Queen Street Melbourne VIC, 3000 03 8080 7200 Market News Contacts: Project Services Jonathan Attwood 02 8247 5715 0405 143 981 Jonathana@porterallen.com.au Insurance ASIC is set to launch a new comparison site for coverage in regions of North Queensland affected by cyclone Insurance Lesley Martin 02 8247 5720 0434 981 186 Cover-More Group has announced a rise in premiums of 5% on average following a weakening of the Australian Dollar Lesleym@porterallen.com.au Wealth Management Mark Redman 02 8247 5707 0406 626 788 Markr@porterallen.com.au Aon is to launch Aon Underwriting Managers, a new Australian MGA, announcing an exclusive distribution deal with Freeman McMurrick HDI-Gerling has announced it will rebrand to HDI Global Lloyd’s of London has announced a stable profit of $6 billion with a return on capital of 14.7% Xchanging has announced the majority stake acquisition of BrokersIT, the broker management system Kurt Nilsen has launched a new Underwriting Agency, Lion Underwriting, based in Sydney Sydney Level 17 15 Blue Street North Sydney NSW 2060 02 8247 5700 www.porterallen.com.au Melbourne Level 13 31 Queen Street Melbourne VIC, 3000 03 8080 7200 Market Moves Contacts: Project Services Jonathan Attwood 02 8247 5715 0405 143 981 Jonathana@porterallen.com.au Insurance Lesley Martin 02 8247 5720 0434 981 186 Graham Silton has been appointed Property Underwriting Manager at HDIGerling. Silton joins from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty and brings a wealth of experience managing large-scale risks globally Chris Gordon has joined Findex Group for its investment committee. Gordon was previously Chief Investment Officer at MLC. In addition, Emmanuel Calligeris has joined the committee, having previously been Chief Investment Officer at Optimix Lesleym@porterallen.com.au Wealth & Super Mark Redman 02 8247 5707 0406 626 788 Markr@porterallen.com.au Stephen Karrasch has been appointed Head of Distribution at Aururo Funds Limited. Karrasch joins from Philo Capital IRESS has named John Harris as new Chief Financial Officer. Harris previously worked at CBA and replaces Stu Bland who has announced his retirement MyState has appointed Paul Moss as General Manager for Technology and Operations. Moss previously worked at KPMG Ben Heap has departed his role as CEO of Australian Wealth Investments following a restructure David Anderson has been named President, Growth Markets Region (Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa) at Mercer in an internal promotion. Anderson is replaced by Ben Walsh who takes over as Managing Director and Market Leader Sydney Level 17 15 Blue Street North Sydney NSW 2060 02 8247 5700 www.porterallen.com.au Melbourne Level 13 31 Queen Street Melbourne VIC, 3000 03 8080 7200 Market Moves Contacts: Insurance Suncorp has announced a number of changes to its specialty teams. Steven Lau and Andrew Beaver will lead new Corporate and Commercial ProFin teams respectively. Michael Cooke takes on the role of Head of Specialist Technical and Product. Bill Galligan will lead a national engineering team while Construction will be split by region to be led by Paul Smith in NSW, Nick Aristotelli in QLD, Maurice Raphael in WA and David Abbott in VIC and SA Lesley Martin 02 8247 5720 0434 981 186 Robert Miller is set to step down from his role as Chairman of AIG in July Project Services Jonathan Attwood 02 8247 5715 0405 143 981 Jonathana@porterallen.com.au Lesleym@porterallen.com.au Wealth & Super Mark Redman 02 8247 5707 0406 626 788 Markr@porterallen.com.au Interrisk has appointed Phil Kearns as Managing Director. Kearns was previously CEO of Centric Wealth and has a background that includes Captain of the Australian Rugby Union team Jason Fereday has been named MD and CEO of Insurance House Group. Fereday was previously at Macquarie Group Sydney Level 17 15 Blue Street North Sydney NSW 2060 02 8247 5700 www.porterallen.com.au Melbourne Level 13 31 Queen Street Melbourne VIC, 3000 03 8080 7200 Global News Contacts: Project Services Jonathan Attwood 02 8247 5715 0405 143 981 Jonathana@porterallen.com.au Insurance Lesley Martin 02 8247 5720 0434 981 186 Lesleym@porterallen.com.au Wealth & Super Mark Redman 02 8247 5707 0406 626 788 Markr@porterallen.com.au Lloyds Bank has appointed Andrew Cremlin and Laura Koskenmaki as Business Development Directors to focus on the South and London Mid Market Perseus, the US-based Financial Technology business and grand prize winner of the StartupHK Venture Programme, has set up a regional office in Hong Kong BIL Suisse has signed an outsourcing contract with AVALOQ’s Swiss BPO centre Daniel Stewart shares have fallen 48pc to 0.88p after Adam Wilson, former CEO, sold his stake in the business. Wilson’s sale comes a day after Rob Terry, founder of Quindell, became a large shareholder in the company Viswanathan Shankar, Head of Standard Chartered’s EMEA business, is leaving the company after 13 years. The news comes following the announcement that Bill Winters will take over leadership of the bank Shawbrook Bank has floated on the London Stock Exchange, the challenger bank fetching an initial GBP725 million valuation Rory Cullinan is set to leave his role at RBS, after it emerged he was ‘bored’ at work DUAL, the global underwriting agency, has launched a Marine & Energy division backed by CNA Hardy Sydney Level 17 15 Blue Street North Sydney NSW 2060 02 8247 5700 www.porterallen.com.au Melbourne Level 13 31 Queen Street Melbourne VIC, 3000 03 8080 7200 Global News Contacts: Project Services Jonathan Attwood 02 8247 5715 0405 143 981 Jonathana@porterallen.com.au Insurance Lesley Martin 02 8247 5720 0434 981 186 Lesleym@porterallen.com.au Wealth & Super Mark Redman 02 8247 5707 0406 626 788 AGEAS has announced an agreement with Volkswaggen Financial Services that will see buyers of a new Audi receive a new fully branded motor insurance proposition Hamilton Insurance Group, the Bermudan business, has completed its acquisition of Sportscover Underwriting Allied World Assurance Company has completed the acquisition of RSA’s Hong Kong and Singapore business Aioi Nissay Dowa has completed the acquisition of Insure the Box and Drive Like a Girl from Catlin Markr@porterallen.com.au Ian Hood, the Chief Digital Officer of RSA, has resigned from the role only two months after taking it on Information for the Australian FS Digest is taken from a number of news sources and company communications including The Australian Financial Review, Post Online and Money Management Sydney Level 17 15 Blue Street North Sydney NSW 2060 02 8247 5700 www.porterallen.com.au Melbourne Level 13 31 Queen Street Melbourne VIC, 3000 03 8080 7200
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