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Westoz appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... director to its board as two directors retire. Joining the board is Simon Joyner. He has more than 30 years' experience in the West Australian financial services industry and established Keysbrook Financial Services in 1997. In 2008 Keysbrook became ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
"As a historian, I fear that Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also of western political civilization in its entirety." -Donald Tusk, President of the European Council I thought he went over the top and got carried ...

CFSGAM fixed income team loses three senior managers

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
Three senior members of Colonial First State Global Asset Management's fixed income team have left the company. Head of global fixed income and credit Tony Adams, head of rates Annette Mullen and senior portfolio manager Francois Kong departed in June. ...

Legg Mason bond trust upgraded

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
The Legg Mason Australian Bond Trust has been upgraded by Zenith to 'Highly Recommended'. The trust is managed by Legg Mason's largest affiliate fund manager, Western Asset Management, a fixed income specialist with $US436 billion under management. ...

First State Super confirms firefighter academy investment

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... Greg Mullins, the Fire & Rescue NSW Academy is scheduled to open in 2017 on a six hectare site in Erskine Park in Sydney's west. It will replace existing Fire & Rescue NSW training college at Alexandria, which is more than 40 years old and about one-third ...

Ex-Westpac exec joins Rubik

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
Rubik Financial has appointed an ex-Westpac chief executive as a director of its board. Peter Clare will join the Rubik board, effective 1 July 2016. With more than 20 years' experience, Clare joins Rubik from Westpac New Zealand where he held the role ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Australia leading index "Leading Index improves but still points to below trend momentum". This is the header of Westpac's media release on the latest update of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity. The index tracks future ...

Lost super campaigns have much further to go

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Despite engagement campaigns by numerous super funds helping members unearth lost super, $13.5 billion across 1.289 million accounts still remains in limbo, according to figures released by Westpac. In its 2016 Westpac Lost Super Report, the bank said ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
'Brexit', the worry du jour and the epic horror movie of our time that's coming soon, very soon to a theatre near us. With only four sleeps to go before the Brits vote to leave or remain in the European Union this coming Thursday (23 June), the UK remains ...

Societe Generale appoints director from Goldman Sachs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
Societe Generale has appointed a new director, cross asset solutions. Based in Sydney, Adam Weale joins SocGen from Goldman Sachs, where he was executive director of the pension, insurance and sovereign wealth group and managed sales of funds management ...