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FSC names new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has named the organisation's new chair. Speaking at the FSC Leaders Summit 2016 in Melbourne, Loane said that outgoing chair Greg Cooper would be replaced by Perpetual chief executive Geoff Lloyd. ...

AMP gets court date for China fund appeal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
AMP Life has been given a hearing date for its appeal of the Supreme Court ruling preventing it from voting on resolutions at the AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF) extraordinary general meeting. The Supreme Court decided on June 22 that AMP Life ...

Challenger finalises partnerships with three super funds

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Challenger is finalising partnerships with three industry super funds to launch annuity products on each. The first is $9 billion Local Government Super, whose 90,000 members will be able to access Challenger backed annuities through Link Group subsidiary ...

BlackRock appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
BlackRock has appointed a new country head of Australia. Dominik Rohe was previously based in New York, working in BlackRock's Latin America and Iberia business as head of institutional and wealth lines. Prior to that, he was head of institutional and ...

National Seniors appoints CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
National Seniors has appointed a new chief executive. Dagmar Parsons joins the lobby group from Advisian, part of the WorleyParsons Group, where she was managing principal for Queensland, the Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea. She is also an executive ...

Evergreen appoints asset committee members

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Family office and advice-focused boutique investment consultancy Evergreen Consultants has finalised its asset allocation committee. The committee members are Evergreen co-founder Angela Ahston, former Fiji Provident Fund chief investment officer Tom ...

AREITs less defensive as returns surge: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Australian real estate investment trusts generated a 15.6% return in the 12 months to 31 May 2016, but this strong performance accompanied riskier investment mandates, according to Zenith research. Zenith's 2016 Property Sector Review showed that Australian ...

MGP subsidiary buys stake in QLD advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) subsidiary Planner Holdings has acquired a minority interest in a Queensland-based advice firm. Holman McGregor Financial Services (HMFS), established in 2003 and based in Noosaville, is owned by Rob McGregor, founder ...

Future Generation donates $4.71m to charity

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Listed philanthropic vehicle Future Generation Global Investment Company (FGG) has donated $4.71 million to Australian charities. The 22 charities which received donations include beyondblue, the Black Dog Institute, Brain and Mind Centre, Butterfly ...

US becomes post-Brexit equity safe haven

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
US equities have become a "safe harbour" for global investors following the Brexit referendum, according to J.P. Morgan research. J.P. Morgan's quarterly perspectives for Q3 2016 noted that there is continuing uncertainty as to when the UK government ...