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Prominent executive links with VFMC board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
Victorian Funds Management Corporation is strengthening its board with the appointment of a prominent financial services executive. The Victorian public sector fund manager is welcoming Fiona Trafford-Walker to its board, in a move designed to deepen ...

ABA appoints deputy chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... insurance he is well qualified to perform this important leadership and advocacy role on behalf of the industry," ABA chairman Shayne Elliott said in a statement. Carter was appointed Suncorp's chief executive officer, banking and wealth in September ...

Absolute returns core to building wealth: ARCO chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... to build wealth should ignore market performance indices for at least a portion of their portfolio, according to ARCO chairman Bruce Loveday. "If you want to build wealth reliably over time, I would say that any alternative to having a core around absolute ...

YBR offloads legacy wealth subsidiary

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... payable upfront. The remainder is to be paid 12 months post-completion, adjusted depending on revenues. YBR executive chairman Mark Bouris said it is important that clients are provided with the best financial service possible, saying INPRO is in a better ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... banks, which expressed their concerns at the ECB Forum on Central Banking held at Sintra, Portugal on 18-20 June. US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell: "Changes in trade policy could cause us to have to question the outlook...We have a very wide range of contacts ...

Former UBS Wealth boss joins LIC board

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... board is chaired by former BTFG chief executive Ian Martin. Martin has also chaired UniSuper since May 2017 when then chairman Chris Cuffe stepped down.

Priestley resigns from ASX, Future Fund boards

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
J.P. Morgan Australia non-executive chairman Robert Priestley has resigned from the boards of the Australian Securities Exchange and the Future Fund following the ACCC pursuing a criminal cartel conduct investigation. Announcing his decision, Priestley ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... not, and by more than initially forward-guided). As it turns out, I am wrong and Powell is correct (else, I can be Fed chairman). I waved the white flag after reading Bloomberg's report: "Overseas funds are pulling out of six major Asian emerging ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... inverted yield curve was followed by the 2008 recession, as it had in the US recessions of 1990 and 2001. The current Fed chairman claims that short term rates are rising because of the hikes and the smaller lift in the long-term yields to safe-haven ...

AMP Capital appoints new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... extensive financial services experience. "I'm proud of the achievements we've made globally during my two years as Chairman and I know the business will continue to prosper under John's stewardship." Wallace, Holly Kramer and Patty Akopiantz ...