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NZ SMEs to receive $260m VC boost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
The NZ Super Fund will invest $260 million into SMEs across New Zealand over the next five to ten years via a range of venture capital funds. The fund will invest up to NZ$90 million in Direct Capital's V Fund, up to NZ$120 million into Pioneer Capital's ...

Equities on the nose in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Investors moving in and out of equities-based managed funds are showing less confidence in the asset class as volatile markets continue alongside sustained political uncertainty. The Equity Preference Index, maintained by Colonial First State Global ...

REST launches online financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
REST Industry Super will now deliver online personalised financial advice to its members via a new partnership. Partnering with Midwinter, REST has launched the REST Advice Online platform, based on Midwinter's AdviceOS system. It will allow members ...

ANZ director retires after nine years

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
An ANZ director retired following the bank's annual general meeting having served on the board for nine years. Former RBA governor and distinguished economist Ian Macfarlane became an ANZ director in 2007; at the time, he also became a director at Woolworths. ...

Bendigo sells estates business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank sold the trust and estates business of its subsidiary, Sandhurst Trustees, for $5 million. As per media speculation, Equity Trustees has purchased the business, which comprises roughly 141 perpetual and ongoing trusts, representing ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
It's now a week before Christmas and two before we bid 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone ...

QSuper economist joins Cbus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
In a move to further consolidate its portfolio management functions, Cbus hired a new portfolio integration manager. In his new role, Alex Cathcart will help the $35 billion superannuation fund develop a holistic approach to asset allocation, where ...

Centrepoint driving adviser efficiencies

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Centrepoint will launch a range of back office solutions to its advisers in the New Year. The package will include para-planning, para-lending, life insurance health screening and varied administrative support options, including outsourcing particular ...

Financial Standard appoints editor, unveils new website

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Financial Standard will welcome a new editor in the New Year, the first of several changes at the wealth management publication. Deputy editor Darren Snyder will step into the top role on 3 January, succeeding Mark Smith who departed in October. Coinciding ...

RBA hires Women's Leadership Institute chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
The Reserve Bank will welcome the founding chair of the Women's Leadership Institute Australia as a new part-time board member. In addition to her role at the Women's Leadership Institute, Carol Schwartz is also chair of the Property Male Champions ...