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Qantas Super names member experience head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Qantas Super will welcome a former AMP Capital executive as its new head of member experience. Stuart Langeveldt has been appointed to the role, bringing with him more than 20 years' experience in financial services. Langeveldt was most recently director ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Sure there were a few down days but overall, the US equity market - like the energizer bunny - keeps on going and going... up. Wall Street's major equity market indices closed at record highs - the Dow at 21,115.55 points; the S&P 500 at 2395.96 points ...

Westpac faces lending practices breach: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is taking Westpac to the Federal Court for allegedly breaching home-loan responsible lending practices. Between December 2011 and March 2015, the regulator claims Westpac failed to properly assess ...

Pricing error shaves $2.2m off Australian Ethical profit

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
The cost of remediating a unit pricing error drove Australian Ethical Investments' 1H17 profits down 62% to $0.5 million. The consolidated net profit, which includes the results of the Australian Ethical Foundation, was also impacted by employment restructure ...

A good set of numbers (almost)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
It was good. Nay, it was very good. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on company profits helped explain the latest jump in the NAB survey that showed business conditions increased by 6 points to a reading of +16 in January - the highest ...

Minto joins EQT board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
Equities Trustees is pressing to become Australia's leading trustee company with a major appointment to its board. Joining the EQT board as a non-executive director is former TAL managing director Jim Minto. He is also a former chair of the Association ...

Investment manager and advice group join forces

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
In an effort to extend its wholesale offering in to a broader retail advisory service, Clime Investment Management formed an alliance with one of Australia's largest non-bank financial advice dealer groups. Aligning with Futuro Financial Services, Clime ...

A tale of three PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
Two accelerations and one of moderation - this is the story painted by the latest updates on US, Eurozone and Japanese purchasing managers' index (PMI). While it still remains above the 50-expansion/contraction mark (for the 12th straight month), Markit's ...

Super funds receive guidance on RG97

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
Three industry associations have released a joint guidance note to assist superannuation funds prepare for ASIC's deadline on new fee and cost disclosure requirements. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), the Association of Superannuation ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
"Beware the ides of March". This quote had always been imbued with a sense of foreboding because this day marked the assassination of Julius Caesar back in 44 BC. It shouldn't be for the "ides" was just the fancy way Romans termed the 15th day of March  ...