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UBS picks up six advisers from Macquarie

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By Vishal Teckchandani
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UBS Wealth Management has boosted its team, hiring former Macquarie advisers.

UBS Wealth Management (UBSWM) has hired six financial advisers from Macquarie Group (Macquarie) and one from Goldman Sachs JBWere.

The Macquarie advisers include Greg Cusack, Simon O'Brien, Dan Fitzgerald, Peter Simpson, Mark Minchin and Jenny Wong.

Cusack, who started on Monday, has over 10 years of markets experience.

O'Brien worked at Macquarie in Brisbane for six years then in Sydney for the last two years.

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Simpson, Minchin and Wong, who will join UBSWM as a team this Friday, each worked at Macquarie for over six years.

UBSWM also hired Goldman Sachs JBWere adviser Steve Ross, who has over five years markets experience and will start work next Tuesday.

"This marks significant growth for our office and will assist in increasing our revenue and asset base for the future," UBSWM Sydney advisory manager Kenn MacMillan said.

"We are continuing to selectively recruit established client advisers that will further our growth, add to our culture and ensure that our office and our business is a happy and vibrant place for all of us to work."

UBS Investment Bank also hired ABN AMRO investment banker Simon Weller to its Sydney-based oil and gas team. He worked on a number of significant transactions in the energy sector during his time with ABN.