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PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
On a quiet afternoon in 2000, Pru Bennett was sitting with the three other partners of proxy advisory firm Corporate Governance International, wondering how they were going to jumpstart the business. "Gee," she remembers thinking, "We just need a few ...

Willis Re appoints global chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Global risk advisory firm and reinsurance broker Willis Group has appointed the global chair of its reinsurance division, Willis Re. In addition to his current roles as chair of Willis Re North America and president of Willis Re, Paddy Jago will now ...

Class makes final director appointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... round out the board. Fenning was appointed chief executive of Shadforth Financial Group, a financial and business advisory firm, in 2006. He then took on the role of managing director of SFG Australia from 2011 to 2014, before an acquisition by IOOF ...

AustralianSuper hires Tria Investment founder

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... developing sound policy. Baker has experience in Australia, the UK and Asia. Tria Investment Partners is a specialist advisory firm focusing on wealth management, particularly strategy and products. Previously Baker also worked for Rothschild Australia ...

Managed Account Holdings to invest in advisory firms

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... successful, its board will seek to list the company separately on the ASX within two years of the initial investment in an advisory firm. As part of an initial investment in an advisory firm, it is also proposed that PHL will be granted an option to ...

Xpress Super grows online trading suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Accounting firm and self-managed super fund administrator SuperGuardian's low-cost Xpress Super service has expanded its partnerships with online trading platforms. Investors using the Xpress Super service will now be able to make use of CommSec, Open ...

Vantage launches SMSF-ready private equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Private equity funds specialist, Vantage Asset Management, has launched a new $100 million private equity fund of funds aimed at improving self-managed super fund investors' access to the asset class. The Vantage Private Equity Growth 2 (VPEG2) fund ...

Political donations pay off

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... political party during the 2014 financial year significantly outperformed key market indices, research from research and advisory firm Political Monitor shows. While giving to both parties ensured the best outcome, companies that gave only to the Liberal ...

CBA rolls out IRESS systems to all advice groups

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has extended the use of its IRESS technology solutions to all of its financial planning groups. IRESS was already deployed within CBA-owned Count Financial and the Commonwealth Bank's Business and Private Bank. The new agreement ...

DeVere expands Australian operations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... John Brophy. "To achieve our goal of deVere Australia becoming the largest and most trusted independent financial advisory firm in this region within a matter of years, and to meet the growing client demand, we will be recruiting more talented wealth ...