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California pension giants must divest from coal

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015

US pension fund giant CalPERS and CalSTRS must divest their positions in coal companies after a new bill was signed into law in California last week. California governor Edmund Brown announced the signing of the bill on his website. The move is in line ...

Magellan appoints infra head from AMP

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015

Magellan has appointed a new head of infrastructure relationships. Adrian Amores joins the firm from AMP Capital, where he was head of sales strategies for institutional capabilities across absolute return, private and public markets. Prior to that ...

New IAG boss signals digital disruption focus

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015

IAG has set out to embrace digital disruption in naming the person to replace the retiring Mike Wilkins as managing director and chief executive. Peter Harmer will take over the role on 16 November 2015, though Wilkins, who led the business for seven ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015

Like the energizer bunny, China keeps on going and going... and going. Certainly, concerns are mounting over the Middle Kingdom's slowing economy in recent months but even the IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- released 6 October -- ...

Findex hires head of risk from Macquarie

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015

Findex has appointed a former Macquarie executive lead its commission-free risk business and build the corporate benefits consulting arm. As head of risk and corporate benefits, Patrick Dieter will also be responsible for reviewing and growing the company's ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015

She was damned when she didn't, she would have been damned now if she did. "Perhaps Janet Yellen has heard us," as IMF managing director Christine Lagarde French journal 'Les Echos' just over a week after the Fed kept the status quo following their ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015

Oh-em-gee! The R-word is back! I could almost hear my next door neighbour saying "I told you so" with the attendant knowing smirk and a wagging finger. Yes Virginia, a recession is again looming for Australia brought to us by the Sydney Morning Herald's ...

Elliott new CEO at ANZ

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

ANZ will ring in the New Year with Shayne Elliott as its chief executive after the bank announced Mike Smith is stepping down in December. Elliott has been ANZ's chief financial officer for more than three years and is considered to be the right person ...

Retail funds recommending advice fee rates

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015

While retail super funds post-FOFA have unbundled their embedded advice commissions, half still recommend an average 0.55% in ongoing advice service fees, the annual super fee survey from Rainmaker reveals. As a result of the compulsory adoption of ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

Here we go again, folks. It'll be another week of backwards and forwards betting on that never-ending, world-changing question of the "when" of the Fed lift-off. Earlier this year, it was so easy. Lift-off soon chatters - back then June was the month ...

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Former chief financial officer at Rest returns in new role

VINNY VUCAGO

Rest is welcoming back its former chief financial officer as its inaugural chief commercial officer.

Macquarie chair provides 'cautious' outlook at AGM

ELIZA BAVIN

Macquarie Group has provided its first quarter update at its AGM, with outgoing chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake describing trading conditions as "satisfactory".

GDG delivers 36% jump in FUM

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Generation Development Group has reported strong growth to the year ending June 30.

Aussie Olympian's brother sentenced over crypto scam

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

The brother of Australian breakdancing Olympian 'Raygun' has been sentenced 12 months' imprisonment for his role in a global cryptocurrency scam.

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