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PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... different levers which meant that I was eventually given the opportunity to lead the asset management business. It's a relatively rare combination of skills to have business acumen as well as that investment background." After leading the asset management ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... market as among its reasons for lowering the official cash rate earlier this month. Japan machinery orders At last, some rare good news out of Japan. Machinery orders jumped by 8.3% in the month of June - the first expansion since March -- that followed ...

Cromwell Riverpark Trust extended for five years

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... further five years. This type of high-quality investment, with consistent distributions and potential capital growth upside is rare in the current market," Wehl said. "We see this as a vote of confidence in Cromwell's offering and ability to consistently ...

RARE Infrastructure joins mFund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
RARE Infrastructure, an affiliate of Legg Mason, has added two new infrastructure funds to ASX's Settlement Service, bringing the total number of funds available to 161. Ian Irvine, head of customer and business development at ASX, said that as an asset ...

WAM lodges ASIC prospectus for LIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... large-cap listed investment company. WAM Leaders Limited will, in WAM chair Geoff Wilson's words, "provide investors with a rare opportunity to the S&P/ASX 200 Index with an active, index and sector-unaware fund manager with expertise in LICs." Wilson ...

Qualitas to finance boutique Waterloo apartments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... providing high-end finishes and smart urban design. Director of sales and marketing at Thirdi Group, Luke Berry said "It's rare when we find a development offering the perfect balance of a timeless heritage building, industrially inspired design and ...

New framework for in-house investing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
The Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) has developed a framework for superannuation funds and other asset owners to implement in-house investment management. The framework is included in CIFR's latest research which argues members ...

Zurich CEO steps down, hunt begins

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... foresight and tireless personal commitment. "I have come to know him as a leader of the highest integrity, someone with a very rare sense of how to balance the interests of different stakeholder groups. Over the past two years, he has set in motion a ...

Zurich appoints political risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
Zurich has appointed the head of its Melbourne credit and political risk operations. Clive Mok joins the Melbourne office after working for Zurich for eight years in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he held roles at QBE and Gerling. Commenting on the growing ...

FPA helps advisers with life insurance

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has launched a guide helping its members identify and address common omissions and errors in providing life insurance advice. The FPA's comprehensive Life Insurance Advice guide had input from members ...