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Future Fund investment specialist joins NZ Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
The former chief investment strategist of the Future Fund has joined New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund as its chief investment officer. Stephen Gilmore joins the $37 billion New Zealand Super Fund in the top investment role. He will lead a team ...

Challenger bolsters exec lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
Challenger has filled the role left open when Richard Howes moved to replace Brian Benari as the chief executive of the $5.6 billion company. Angela Murphy was announced as the chief executive of distribution, product and marketing this morning. She ...

UniSuper awards small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
UniSuper has awarded a boutique manager a $250 million mandate to manage small cap equities. The $70 billion industry fund chose Lennox Capital Partners, a firm that began at Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners last year. UniSuper ...

New SG laws hit Senate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
New laws giving the ATO stronger powers to enforce superannuation guarantee obligations has progressed before the Senate. If the Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures No.4) Bill 2018 is passed, the Commissioner of Taxation will be able to issue a written ...

Perpetual hires former Macquarie exec

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
Perpetual has made two key appointments to its executive leadership team, including a former Macquarie executive. Sam Mosse is taking on the newly-created role of chief risk officer. She has previously worked as Macquarie Funds Group's and KPMG's head ...

Bank chief executive resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
Bank of Queensland chief executive and managing director Jon Sutton stepped down with the bank now scouting for a replacement. Sutton resigned after three years on the job to focus on his long-term health following a heart operation earlier this year ...

ASIC strips Melbourne firm of AFSL

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Melbourne-based firm that previously copped a $9 million fine for offering personal loans with the proviso customers implement financial advice from the firm. Financial Circle's Australian financial ...

New MD for AMP Capital NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
AMP Capital announced a new managing director will lead its New Zealand subsidiary in the New Year. A new global head of fixed income has also been appointed. Bevan Graham will be the New Zealand managing director and chief economist from 1 January ...

Fiducian acquires Perth financial planning firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The ASX-listed wealth and advice business is acquiring a Perth-based financial planning business that advises about $73 million of client money. Fiducian Group is spending $1.66 million on the acquisition component of the deal, funded from cash. Once ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) painted an optimistic picture of the global and domestic economies when it held its policy meeting last month (6 November) before concluding that "...the stance of monetary policy unchanged at this meeting would be ...