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Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Members of Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast Credit Union voted in favour of merging the banks in separate special general meetings this week. The vote resulted in over 90% of members agreeing to a resolution that will now see one of the largest ...

Wealth firm backs new Perennial fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... opportunities/unlisted growth companies - hence our desire to establish this new fund." Perennial Value managing director John Murray said the new fund offers investors access to capture upside potential of companies early in their growth cycle, whilst ...

Suncorp chief executive steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
Suncorp chief executive and managing director Michael Cameron will leave the company after four years in the role and seven as a board member. Suncorp chair Christine McLoughlin said now is the right time for change and indicated this will provide an ...

Fund manager creates new investment role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... Challenger to fill the newly-created position of head of distribution and investment operations. Former Challenger state manager John Price has joined Eley Griffiths in the new role after 12 years building the annuity provider's managed funds and retirement ...

Material weakness in super funds, insurers exposed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... practices, and more work is needed to ensure risk and customer objectives are reflected in remuneration. APRA deputy chair John Lonsdale said it was interesting to observe the "generally positive assessments boards and senior leadership teams had of ...

Centuria acquires fund manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... Australia's gross domestic product at 10.3%, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Centuria chief executive John McBain said the move was "another important step", in the firm's growth path. "Centuria Heathley demonstrates our ...

Blue Sky adds executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... the ongoing costs of restructuring the business and "abnormal one-off costs". In Blue Sky's last annual report, then-chair John Kain wrote to shareholders: "The 2018 financial year has been an 'annus horribilis' for Blue Sky." "Our financial result has ...

Rainmaker unveils the best wholesale managed funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... the lowest-performing sector at 3.4%, followed by Australian fixed interest at 4.1%. Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall said: "Currency has added a lot to the international equities returns if you are unhedged, while Australian resource ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... Financial Standard 's annual Best Practice Forum on ETFs in Melbourne this morning, Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall identified a number of ETFs open to Australian investors that can be considered "zombies". "Zombie ETFs are those products ...

How to be a board director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The 30% Club and EY have joined forces to research what it takes to be considered for an ASX 200 board position. Last year, 185 non-executive directors were appointed to ASX 200 boards with 113 of those experiencing their first board appointment. EY ...