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Douglass exits Magellan board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... drop from $113.3 billion last September. Ironically, before taking an indefinite leave of absence, Douglass told a conference that he doesn't believe in investing in "turnaround companies".

Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... Super, the story of which the industry body shared in its tribute to Hewett. "In 1993, following a major superannuation conference in Melbourne attended by mostly men, four of the handful of women in attendance - Helen Hewett, Mavis Robertson, Sherridan ...

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... including US$15 billion spent last year across drought response, clean energy, transport and the like. In a virtual press conference, Gonzalez said that while California has made great progress on climate goals, "we are also unfortunately faced with ...

Hamish Douglass takes leave of absence

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... a search is undertaken to appoint an additional non-executive director. Last week, Douglass attended a Morningstar conference where he took a contrarian stance by shunning "turnaround companies", claiming they make it difficult for fund managers to be ...

Online meetings to dominate in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
Financial advisers will continue to host virtual meetings with clients in 2022 but the majority are eager to meet them face to face, a new survey shows. The global survey of 400 US-based financial advisers found that video conferences are expected to ...

Citi adds to APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Stella Choe has been named as the new head of Citi's Global Subsidiaries Group (GSG) for Asia Pacific. Choe will replace Munir Nanji, who has taken a new role as head of the Central Europe Cluster and Citi country officer for Czech Republic. Choe will ...

AIOFP blasts 'elitist' young advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... suggestion older financial advisers shouldn't have to complete a university degree. Last week at the AIOFP's annual conference, Labor announced it would dump educational requirements for financial advisers with over a decade's experience if it comes ...

Economic recap: Week to December 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... about Evergrande's - China's second biggest property developer - debt problems. Not even the Fed. In his press conference, chairman Jerome Powell intimated that: "In terms of the implications for us, there isn't, there's not a direct ...

Labor promises to recognise adviser experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... their qualifications. Making the announcement at the recent Association of Independently Owned Financial Professional conference, Jones made it clear that he is not proposing to scrap the professional standards reforms. "We will still expect advisers ...

FPA overcharges members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has admitted to overcharging members but declined to reveal exactly how much. The FPA blamed an administrative error that incorrectly charged a higher fee for a small number of members who upgraded their ...