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Steve Helmich joins Affinia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
TAL has made two key appointments to its Affinia risk advice team. Steve Helmich has been made chair of Affinia, having joined from AMP, where he was, most recently, executive director of financial planning. Commenting on his appointment, Helmich said ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
Slathered in Vaseline and leaping from a tiny pilot boat to embark on a gruelling 14 hour swim of the chilly English Channel might seem a far cry from running an alternative investment business out of sunny Brisbane, but Blue Sky founder and managing ...

Nikko AM grows distribution team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Nikko Asset Management has grown its distribution team and hired two regional sales managers for New South Wales and Queensland. Lia Gunawan joins from the Australian Red Cross, where she was national business partnerships manager. She has also held ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundations have distributed almost $1.5 million to seven biomedical researchers. The foundations' trustee, Perpetual, confirmed that $1 million of the philanthropic funds will go towards research that is looking to reduce ...

Super to fund Aussie infrastructure: Shorten

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten has made it no secret he will look to Australia's superannuation industry to unlock billions in capital investment for key infrastructure projects. Unveiling Labor's infrastructure plans at a Queensland Media Club ...

Australian Unity strengthens Diversified Property Fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
The Australian Unity Diversified Property Fund has purchased an industrial property in Melbourne's south east for $15.1 million. The property, 19 Corporate Avenue, Rowville, is a 20,950 square-metre site which incorporates a modern, 12,300 square-metre ...

SMSF Association farewells super shadow minister

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
The SMSF Association has paid tribute to federal politician Bernie Ripoll, who recently announced his resignation as Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. Ripoll will be leaving politics at the next election and the SMSF Association ...

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Low interest rates and proximity to Asia's rising middle class are partly reasons for Australian superannuation funds to be investing in the country's agriculture industry. Yet recent research commissioned by BDO and conducted by The University of Queensland ...

AIA builds team to focus on adviser distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
AIA Australia has appointed six members to its distribution team to boost its support resources to advisers. Bruno Santos, Josh Lawrence, Simon Bennett, Reon Botha, Johnny Ng and Deborah Clayton-Ford will be in charge of assisting advisers to grow their ...

Blue Sky scratches head lice from portfolio

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Blue Sky Venture Capital has exited a head lice treatment company after it entered into a $278 million commercial agreement with Indian-based Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Blue Sky invested in Hatchtech in 2013 as part of a $12 million syndicate of Australian ...