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SPECIAL FEATURE: Breaking the custody mould

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... assets are the same, the markets are the same," BNP Paribas Securities Services chief executive Australia and New Zealand, David Braga said. "I think of what we are doing as being a smartphone provider. We might be Apple, we might be Samsung, we might ...

Chief economist update: Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
Forget John Maynard Keynes. Forget David Ricardo. A new economic sheriff is in town and his name is Donald J. Trump. POTUS has gone against Keynes' counter-cyclical prescription by increasing fiscal spending - tax cuts and increased expenditure ...

Industry fund signs stewardship code

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
A $20 billion industry superannuation fund is the latest asset owner to sign up to Australia's new stewardship code. VicSuper is the latest signatory to the Australian Asset Owners Stewardship Code, which is set to play a key role in influencing the ...

Former PIMCO chief boosts Aussie fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... Mackenzie - a former QIC chief strategist - in 2014. QIC's former head of equities Rob Wood and quantitative strategist David Priest are also on the Jacobi leadership team.

Independent planning firm jumps into agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... According to Growth Farms, the farm leasing strategy has potential to be successful in Australia, with managing director David Sackett pointing out the model allows farmers to expand without using capital on acquiring more land. "Historically land has ...

MetLife names chief operating officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
MetLife Australia appointed a former TAL and CommInsure executive as its new chief operating officer. David Campbell officially takes the post on September 17, leaving behind the positon of general manager of operations and underwriting at TAL. Luke ...

Chief executive pay cheques get fatter

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
Australian chief executive remuneration is at a 17-year high for ASX 100 companies, as onus payments pile up, according to analysis from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Overall, the median realised pay for an ASX 100 chief ...

Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... of the 2023 deadline that passed the Church's parliament. Church Commissioners deputy chair and Bishop of Manchester David Walker spoke out against the earlier deadline. "Unilateral, wholescale disinvestment from fossil fuel producers in 2020, or ...

UBS chief investment strategist leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... UBS chief investment strategist for equities has left after more than a decade in the job, the investment bank confirmed. David Cassidy left the role at the end of the financial year. He joined UBS in 2004, and the firm is expected to begin a search ...

Managed accounts expert expands new platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... offering investment and managed accounts solutions, as well as a new superannuation product. Spitfire Corporation appointed David Storm as its head of distribution, tasked with the sales strategy and working with financial advisers to consolidate clients' ...