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Virgin Super sees Mercer takeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
Mercer will open a direct-to-consumer superannuation fund in the New Year as part of its takeover of Virgin Super. Providing Virgin Super with administration services since 2015, Mercer is extending its partnership to further craft and develop the $540 ...

Centuria taps Google for latest board appointment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... across a range of industries including global law firms DLA Piper and King & Wood Mallesons, worked with the Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic airline brands and has held the role of vice president of Groupon. Wheeldon-Steels holds an MBA from the ...

Vulnerable clients easily manipulated: study

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... Eckert of the UTS Business School; the ANU's Dr Fedor Iskhakiv and professor Jordan Louviere of the University of South Australia. The research aimed to "unpack the process" in which the trust relationship between the adviser and client was formed. To ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... Virginia, we've joined the "United Kingdoom" and Spain in limboland. Not only for the next two weeks while awaiting Australia's ultimate verdict but throughout the term of the next government for it looks highly likely that we're in for another hung ...

Investec appoints new managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... corporate advisory team. Lazzoppina recently advised Air New Zealand in relation to its sale of a 20% stake in Virgin Australia, and previously acted for Recall on its demerger from Brambles as well as a number of agricultural transactions for Archer ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... in my psyche. Doubt that perhaps my next-door neighbour (and lately, my sister-in-law) is correct all along... that Australia is and had been in recession for as long as they remember. The All Ordinaries index dropped by 1.0% on the day the Australian ...

BOQ director announces resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... is currently chair of The Guardian Media Group, a non-executive director at Sage, and was the former chief executive of Virgin Media in the UK. He was also the chief executive and founder of Trek Investco, managing director distribution at Lloyds TSB ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... the US$ from this year's low and 8.6% on the trade weighted index. Persistent A$ strength could unwind the advances Australia has had towards rebalancing its economy.

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... the Australian dollar. Last month, SBS reported that "The US Treasury has aired a complaint that the Reserve Bank of Australia's discussion of the Australian dollar could be out of line". No siree, not anymore. For the A$ is now 6.1% higher than its ...

IAG appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... has been a director of IAG since December 2014 and became deputy chair in June 2015. She is also the chair of Virgin Australia and a Westpac director. She replaces Brian Schwartz, who announced his retirement in October 2015 and said he was "honoured ...