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Former Future Fund MD joins Qantas Super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Industry stalwart Paul Costello has been appointed as a director on the Qantas Super Board. He replaces General Sir Peter Cosgrove, who stepped down from the boards of Qantas and Qantas Super last January to become Australia's Governor-General. Costello ...

Fostering ethical standards crucial to industry reputation: CFA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Promoting an industry-wide conversation about ethical practices and raising awareness about investors' rights will go a long way to improving the health and reputation of the financial services industry, according to CFA Societies Australia vice president ...

Safer sex? Women take less risk than men

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... otherwise problems could arise in the adviser relationship, as well as the marital relationship," FinaMetrica co-founder Paul Resnik said. "In the next market fall, the financial adviser could end up in hot water with both the lower risk tolerant partner ...

Industry heralds government capital recycling plan

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
An agreement between the federal and state governments to incentivise asset sales which have the potential to boost the economy has been welcomed by the superannuation industry. The federal government wants to encourage states to sell businesses and ...

Industry overestimates amount needed for retirement

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
The amount needed to fund the average retirement is much lower than the global pension industry currently estimates, research from Morningstar shows. Using US government data and a "fairly simple" market and mortality model, the investment researcher ...

Future Fund names interim managing director

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The Future Fund has appointed chief financial officer Paul Mann as acting managing director. He will take over from Mark Burgess, who leaves the $97 billion public superannuation fund at the end of the month. Mann joined the Future Fund in 2007 from ...

Capital Group appoints two senior executives

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... engagement with our existing clients and prospective investors." senior vice president and head of Australia for Capital Group Paul Hennessy said. "Capital Group is not new to Australia; we have been managing portfolios for Australian institutions for ...

Credit Suisse and First NZ launch small cap business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... equities research sales, will lead the securities team. He's joined by Craig Haskins in the role of director, research sales. Paul Buys, previously a senior equity analyst with Credit Suisse, moves to CSEC as head of research and will be supported by ...

Acorn appoints former Citi portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... JB Were and HSBC, and as an economist at ANZ. This is the second senior appointment Acorn has made in the past 12 months. Paul Quah joined Asian side of the business in July 2013 from Hong Kong-based CLSA Asia-Pacific where he was head of regional and ...

Ausbil acquired by New York Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... Ausbil, which will join New York Life Investments' diversified family of investment boutiques. The team at Ausbil, led by Paul Xiradis, chief executive officer and founding head of Equities, will remain unchanged.A New York Life Investment Management's ...