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TCorp confirms new custodian

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
The NSW Government will save $80 million by appointing Australia's largest custodian to the pooled investment funds of three government agencies. Following a competitive tender process, J.P. Morgan will provide custodial services for the recently merged ...

Industry fund recovers millions in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
An industry superannuation fund recovered more than $5 million in lost super for members in the three months to September 2016. Vision Super reunited 236 of its members with lost super in the quarter and consolidated multiple accounts of 85 members ...

FOS and CIO should merge: report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
The Financial Ombudsman Service and the Credit and Investments Ombudsman would be better off as a single entity, according to a new Financial Counselling Australia report. The report, based on a survey of FCA members, found that 75% of financial counsellors ...

Macquarie merges businesses, exec departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
Macquarie has merged two of its three capital markets facing businesses. The bank has combined Macquarie Securities Group (MSG) and the Commodities and Financial Markets Group (CFM), now forming the Commodities and Global Markets Group (CGM). Macquarie ...

FPA and AFA merger unlikely: De Gori

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A merger between the FPA and the AFA certainly has its merits, but could incur greater division within the financial advice landscape. Speaking to Financial Standard at the 2016 FPA Professionals Congress, FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said he often ...

Centuria acquires property platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... Fund (TOF) will be renamed Centuria Urban REIT. Once the transaction is complete the potential exists for CMA and TOF to merge and create a sector-dominant metropolitan office REIT with more than $600 million in assets.

Key board appointment for Sequoia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
Sequoia Financial Group has bolstered its board with a new non-executive director. Sequoia has appointed Garry Crole, managing director of independently owned AFSL, Interprac Financial Planning. Crole will also join Sequoia's governance committee, risk ...

BlackRock to combine insto and retail distribution teams

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
BlackRock Australia has merged its institutional and retail distribution teams and made senior hires from Vanguard, FIIG Securities, Rothschild and BT Financial Group. Following the merger of the two teams, Jason Collins has taken on an expanded role ...

Goldman Sachs M&A head makes partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
The Australian head of mergers and acquisitions for Goldman Sachs has been promoted to partner. Nick Sims was the only Australian-based employee invited to become a partner from the 84 individuals selected globally. Sims has been head of mergers and ...

New head of economics at ANZ

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
ANZ has appointed a new head of Australian economics. Based in Sydney, David Plank will join ANZ in February 2017, reporting to ANZ chief economist Richard Yetsenga. Plank joins ANZ from Deutsche Bank, where he was head of fixed income and credit research ...