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CBA EGM becomes customer advocate chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
Commonwealth Bank executive general manager customer advocacy and remediation, Dr Brendan French, will head the bank's customer advocate arm. CBA said the role and customer advocacy function will strengthen the firm's accountability for fair customer ...

AFA calls on members to reject constitution change

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on members to reject a call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to pass a special resolution to change the AFA constitution, following an adviser's request via the Life Insurance Customer ...

AMP Capital details China fund wind-up strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... the AGF extraordinary general meeting in July, this process is expected to take between nine and 18 months. Speaking at the EGM, LIM Advisors director and portfolio manager Nick Paris - who campaigned for the wind-up - said that if AMP Capital didn't ...

Wilson submits request to shut down Aurora fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... unitholders in making an informed decision in their deliberations regarding the future of the fund." Keybridge commented on the EGM request, saying as both a substantial (21.6%) shareholder in and investment manager of the fund, it is "taking legal advice ...

Keybridge chair ousted in Bentley coup

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... Johnson have been appointed to the board, and deputy chair Bill Brown has become the new chair. Bentley's initial call for an EGM was based on its decision that Moffat was "not suitable as a director of Keybridge," for reasons including alleged ongoing ...

Voters opt to shut down AMP Capital China fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
The AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF) will be wound up following the vote at today's EGM. Opening the EGM, AMP Capital Funds Management chair Adam Tindall said that "a lot has changed" since the fund's establishment in 2006. "Markets move on, regulations ...

Proxy results spell doom for AMP Capital China fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... also a large number of retail investors who wanted the fund to continue. As RE, we respect both views. "Following tomorrow's EGM, where the wind up outcome is likely to be confirmed, we will consider the best and fairest way to implement the decisions ...

Court dismisses AMP appeal for China fund EGM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... judicial advice about the voting position of the fund's largest unitholder, AMP Life, ahead of the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in July," he explained. "It is in the best interests of all unitholders that there is clarity on the voting position ...

AMP gets court date for China fund appeal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... Appeal on July 22. It is unclear how quickly the court will make orders in relation to AMP Life's voting rights; given that the EGM is scheduled for July 28, AMP Life may not have sufficient time to be able to participate. AMP Capital also announced ...

Bentley slams Keybridge response to restructure proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... concluding that "the Keybridge board hopes the above information is helpful to shareholders in their consideration of the EGM resolutions." Bentley, however, issued its own response on July 11, criticising Moffat's statement as being "drafted in a manner ...