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Fund manager boosts leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... result of the new leadership appointments at the fund manager. WFM confirmed Rees would however remain on its investment committee, which oversees stock selection and portfolio construction. Westoz has managed funds since May 2005 for Westoz Investment ...

AustralianSuper bolsters executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... executives to its leadership team, recruiting from ANZ and Mercer. AustralianSuper has added a new role to its executive committee, introducing the position of group executive of technology services. Joining the $120 billion fund in the newly created ...

Westpac names independent director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... non-executive director. Anita Fung joins the banking group on 1 October 2018; she will also join the bank's risk and compliance committee, and its Asia advisory board. Fung's tenure at HSBC spans about two decades; seven of those years were spent serving ...

Socio-economics dictate insurance needs of young Aussies: Insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... minimum age for providing automatic default life insurance cover. In its submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, TAL said the circumstances of young people vary significantly across different population and socio-economic demographics ...

Independent planning firm jumps into agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... Federal Parliament investigates superannuation investment in Australia's agricultural sector, with a house standing committee accepting submissions covering the practical barriers to superannuation fund investment in Australian agriculture. In its submission ...

Family offices maintain equity allocations: Study

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... "selling winners" in order to maintain a consistent allocation. The exchange said 77% of family offices use an investment committee and 96% of these comprised at least one family member. Those with an investment committee achieved higher 2017 portfolio ...

Chief economist update: Minutes of concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... gap that prompted then Fed Chairman to deliver his "interest rate conundrum" speech in testimony before the US Senate Committee on Banking on February 17, 2005. If I recall correctly, rising US short rates and steady to falling long-term rates were attributed ...

Super fund chair appointed to NSW Generations Fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... position as the state's chief economist. He currently chairs Australian Business Economists (ABE)'s executive committee. He was J.P. Morgan's chief economist for more than a decade. Most recently, he was a chief economist at Australian Institute ...

Macquarie axes grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... reasonably practicable and to the maximum possible extent." More recently, fronting the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said the regulator has not had a chance to consider an actual timeframe for ...

Pendal Group appoints director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... non-executive director to its board. Sally Collier is joining the board as well as its remuneration and nominations committee, and its audit and risk management committees. She replaces Meredith Brookes who retired in April. Collier has held several ...