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Advice firm hires for increasing regulatory environment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... services and media. In her most recent role, she was the group financial reporting manager at Century Plaza Group in Melbourne. HLB Mann Judd Association chair Tony Fittler said following the recent expansion into Fiji and Newcastle earlier this year ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
It's the first Tuesday of November - the time when the "Melbourne Cup" runs and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets only a few hours apart. All bets are on! There are so many odds on the various horses running in the Cup but there's only ...

Macquarie to front Royal Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... Sydney at the Lionel Bowen Building, 97-99 Goulburn Street, from Monday, November 19 to Friday, November 23, and in Melbourne at the Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 305 William Street, from Monday, November 26 to Friday, November 30.

Melbourne AFSL pays $9 million in fines

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
A Melbourne company has copped about $9 million in penalties after ASIC found it offered personal loans with the proviso customers implement financial advice from the firm. Financial Circle offered personal loans to consumers of up to $5000. However ...

Industry fund chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... executive on 16 July 2001, and prior to that was chair of the Finance Staff Group at the Catholic Education Office based in Melbourne. Pegan was known for his climate change activism. He was named chair of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) ...

Assistant Treasurer warns super funds to lift engagement game

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... official guidance on how default funds should be chosen. He told the recent Australian Payroll Association Conference in Melbourne last week that employers aren't superannuation experts or financial advisers and should not be helping employees choose ...

Warakirri expands investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The Melbourne-based boutique manager has added two consultants to its agriculture investment team. Warakirri Asset Management has appointed Peter Best as a senior investment specialist. He has more than three decades of experience in agriculture, working ...

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A Melbourne boutique has won a $500 million mandate from AustralianSuper, the super fund confirmed. Jamieson Coote Bonds was appointed to manage a fixed income mandate for the super fund at the end of June, Rainmaker research shows. JCB's mandate ...

Australian retirement system weakens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... retirement is both adequate and economically sustainable is diminishing. Australia has slipped down the ranks of the annual Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index to fourth place. With a score of 72.6, Australia has been bumped from third place by Finland ...

Infrastructure manager grows local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... Sydney. Also joining RARE Infrastructure is a Nick O'Hare as a business development manager for Victoria and Tasmania in a Melbourne-based role. He will support financial planners with RARE Infrastructure's product offerings for clients. O'Hare was formally ...