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Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... from the European Union (EU). On the 29th of March 2017, the British prime minister sent the official letter to the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, "I hereby notify the European Council in accordance with Article 50(2) of the Treaty on ...

TCorp appoints ex-Willis Towers Watson executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... before relocating to Sydney in August 2015 to co-lead the current team. He has also previously been an assistant vice president with Bank of America in St. Louis, Missouri. Commenting on Mao's appointment, head of investment for Willis Towers Watson ...

Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... February - and less anticipating falls in income - 7.0 % from 8.1%. Underwriting this booming confidence is, of course, US President Trump's promised reflationary policies - mainly tax cuts and fiscal spending on infrastructure (and the Wall?) -- and ...

Fund manager appoints managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... with Aura in a consultancy capacity since December 2016. Previous to his appointment with Aura, Craig served as a vice president with Macquarie Group; a role he held for three of the 11 years spent with Macquarie. He brings more than 15 years' experience ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... experience. But in the end, I think it's going to be an experience that leads to an even better healthcare plan." - Remarks by President Trump on the Health Care Bill. Yes Virginia, US President Donald Trump learned a lot last week. The unfolding events ...

CBA CFO to retire, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... and wish him the very best as he moves into a non-executive career." Craig, who joined CBA in 2006, is currently the president and director of the Financial Executives Institute of Australia and serves as deputy chairman of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research ...

Collective power: What's next for profit-to-member funds?

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... housing affordability, ethical investing, and internal fund work culture. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) president Ged Kearney called on the sector to step-up its co-ordination on efforts to take on companies that are not meeting their environmental ...

Confidently improving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
With one political uncertainty removed - last week's Dutch elections where Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) defeated the far-right leader Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV), indicating the rejection ...

AIST appoints new CEO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... named in the top position following her role as acting chief executive since the recent departure of Tom Garcia. AIST president David Smith said Scheerlinck has a deep appreciation of the challenges and opportunities facing the superannuation industry ...

Space and biblical indexes launched

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... market segment is expected to experience significant growth in the years ahead," S-Network Global Indexes founder and president Joseph LaCorte said. Founded in 1997, the S-Network has published more than 200 custom, made-to-order indexes on themes including ...