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Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... with the next Labor leader certain to embrace a more modest set of reforms." On the other hand, SMSF Alliance principal David Busoli celebrated the outcome of the election, as "certainly good news on the SMSF front." Now the Government has been re-elected ...

ASIC to strengthen complaints handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... announcement that it will strengthen complaints handling within financial firms. AFCA chief ombudsman and chief executive David Locke said: "Increased transparency is good news." It will help firms to continuously improve, and that will be good for the ...

VGI Partners' dual pitch to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... previously disclosed investment strategy and will provide additional flexibility in times of market volatility," VG1 chair David Jones said. The entitlement offer is priced at $2.34 which is the same as April 30 NTA and a 4.9% discount to May 7 close. ...

Push for chief executive pay ratio disclosure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... to accept responsibility for poor behaviour." "The public and investors should not have to tolerate conduct which falls short of community expectations." She added the Royal Commission highlighted the need for change. The new ACSI policy proposal also ...

Tribeca portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... success in his future endeavours," Tribeca said. The boutique has its beginnings in 1998 when the current chief executive David Aylward co-founded Jenkins Investment Management. The now-defunct Octaviar owned a stake in the firm which was bought by Grant ...

UBS small caps team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners with a new unit trust in the works. Stephen Wood, Victor Gomes and David Haddad worked together for eight years on the UBS Australian Small Companies Fund which had $400 million and a highly recommended ...

AMP scraps bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... forfeited long and short term incentives and fees paid to board directors have been reduced. In its 2018 annual report chairman David Murray wrote: "The board understands that many of our shareholders are disappointed with AMP's business and financial ...

Platform rebrands for next phase

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... shake-up that saw Brook take over as chair of the board, with longstanding chair Don Sharp stepping down. Chief executive David Heather also announced his resignation last month after four years in the role.

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... $250,000 to host employers and other stakeholders at the Australian Open tennis tournament. The fund's chief executive David Elia told the Royal Commission about 120 employers were invited to the Open in 2018, accounting for roughly $4 billion in ...

Macquarie expects profit jump

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... equity, and raised $8.7 billion of new equity. New appointments Macquarie Group's regional chief executive officer for EMEA David Fass will relocate to New York. He will move into the new role of MIRA's head of Americas effective April 1. Fass's role ...