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Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... indicates there will be more of the same. That is, onwards and upwards for the Middle Kingdom. In his opening address, President Xi Jinping reminded his audience of his "Chinese Dream" - the "great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" and "making life ...

Global fund manager names new investment lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... building upon William Blair's investment-centric culture of collaboration, innovation, and growth," she said. William Blair president and chief executive John Ettelson said Braming brings deep knowledge and understanding of the business, and a real commitment ...

QIC announces board appointments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... Real Estate. Derrington has represented the interests of David Rockefeller on real estate investments and acted as vice president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation where she managed critical strategic initiatives to rehabilitate the neighbourhood ...

Colonial First State names new distribution head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... manager, product and investments and briefly served as acting executive general manager. Prior to 2002, Chun was a vice president of product development at BT Financial Group, a product actuary at ANZ and also held roles at Towers Perrin and Prudential ...

Fidelity portfolio manager steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... will move away from a flat fee model and get paid according to how well we do for our clients," Fidelity International president Brian Conroy said.

Long-standing AFA member and mentor honoured

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... an attending member at that inaugural event, it is fitting for him to receive the 2017 AFA Michael Murphy Award," AFA president Marc Bineham said. Phillips represented the AFA on numerous industry committees relating to Government and policy matters ...

BlackRock boosts Australian distribution footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... six years at BT Financial Group working as a new business manager. James Waterworth has rejoined BlackRock as a vice president and iShares specialist, reporting to Alex Zaika, the head of wealth for iShares in Australia. Waterworth first joined BlackRock ...

Values-based approach will advance advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
A former presidential aide to Nelson Mandela said financial advisers should adapt to and advance change with a values-based approach instead of trying to be the next popular item. Zelda la Grange told delegates at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference ...

Soft skills the new pages in adviser playbook

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... industry being recognised as a profession but the adaptive soft skills of advisers is where the game is heading. AFA vice president and conference chair Michael Nowak said the three-day program was developed in consultation with the association's membership ...

Accessing financial wellbeing: The power of general advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... impediments to gaining quality financial advice remain. This is the key driver behind Association of Financial Advisers' president and Noall & Co. managing director Marc Bineham's decision to share his experiences in developing a mechanism to ...