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Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
Several veterans of Australia's financial services industry were recognised over the long weekend in the 2019 Australia Day Honours List. Honoured for their service to the sector, the list features a number of familiar faces, including the chair ...

Principal appoints Australian country head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
A global asset manager has appointed a new country head for its $4.5 billion Australian business. Principal Global Investors Australia is welcoming Helen de Mestre in the top job. Mestre was previously a managing director, leading relationship management ...

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 ...

Gender split sees new investment industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
Australia's private equity and venture capital businesses are committed to increasing the number of women employees following the sector's latest workplace diversity study. At its 25th annual conference in September, the Australian Private Equity ...

Melbourne AFSL pays $9 million in fines

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
A Melbourne company has copped about $9 million in penalties after ASIC found it offered personal loans with the proviso customers implement financial advice from the firm. Financial Circle offered personal loans to consumers of up to $5000. However ...

Chief investment officer retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The chief investment officer at a prominent Australian asset manager is retiring after working at the firm for 12 years. Wilson Asset Management chief investment officer Chris Stott will soon retire to spend more time with his young family. Chairman ...

ANZ chief says remediation is "distracting"

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott has admitted to a parliamentary inquiry that the bank saw its remediation programs as a "distraction" and at one point took up to 15 years to compensate some customers. This morning, Elliott told the House of Representatives ...

Funds SA portfolio manager leaves, team to expand

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The $32 billion South Australian public sector fund is bidding farewell to a long-standing portfolio manager who looked after its alternatives portfolio. Clive Boyce managed Funds SA's private equity, infrastructure and opportunistic property investments ...

Former Perpetual staffer joins Nanuk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... firm's dedicated focus on sustainably-themed investing," Siegloff said. "Jane will further assist in our single-minded endeavour to seek out and invest in companies which are profitably adapting their business models, practices and outcomes in response ...

StatePlus general manager departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
StatePlus is undertaking a review of its human resources function following the resignation of its general manager of people, culture and learning. StatePlus has confirmed the departure of Tracy Murphy last month, with its head of human resources Jacq ...