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Finance Sector Union appoints former NSW Premier

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
The Finance Sector Union is welcoming a former New South Wales Premier as its deputy leader. Nathan Rees, who served as NSW Premier from September 2008 to December 2009, before being deposed by Kristina Keneally, contrasted himself with other former ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The countdown is on at fledgling start-up and technology-focused superannuation product-provider Spaceship, as chief executive Paul Bennetts attempts to convert his waitlist of 22,000 into a $1 billion fund. Touring around multiple start-up hubs this ...

Financial Executive Women appoints board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Financial Executive Women is welcoming two new members to its advisory board to further help the positive progression of women in financial services. Joining the advisory board is AMP chief customer officer Paul Sainsbury and NAB general manager MLC ...

How women get ahead in financial services: Executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Profile: Siobhan Blewitt, Executive director, financial adviser, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Even before Siobhan hit the trading floor, she was training herself for a career with the boys. Collecting glasses in the back of a Melbourne public bar ...

Human Super pitches product designed for women

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
Human Super, the latest superannuation product specifically crafted for women, will soon launch in Australia. Co-founded by Mike Walpole and Kuba Tymula, the product hopes to reach out to women who the co-founders see as massively underserved by the ...

Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
Australia's financial services industry and regulators no longer broadly consider climate change to be a separate, distant or "non-financial" issue. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes' speech on the topic at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum ...

No deal is better than bad deal on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
"Not partial membership of the European Union, associate membership of the European Union, or anything that leaves us half-in, half-out. We do not seek to adopt a model already enjoyed by other countries. We do not seek to hold on to bits of membership ...

Keybridge chair resigns as Wilson calls for Hastings fund overhaul

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
Keybridge Capital's chair has resigned at the same time Wilson Asset Management has called for the Keybridge-managed HHY Fund to get a new responsible entity. Bill Brown was an independent non-executive director on Keybridge's board since 2012. He was ...

ASIC appoints markets disciplinary chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
ASIC has appointed the chair of its markets disciplinary panel. Serving a two-year term from August 1, Simon Gray is the former deputy chair of the panel. He is also the deputy chief executive of Shaw and Partners, a member of ASIC's market supervision ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
As the country head of global fund manager, Standard Life Investments' Simone Bouch knows a thing or two about the importance of investment performance. But if she'd followed through on her childhood ambition the focus would be performance of a somewhat ...