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Link Group shuffles board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... - valued by Macquarie Capital at up to $3 billion - it has appointed director Michael Carapiet as its new independent chairman, effective September 23. Carapiet, formerly Macquarie Capital chair, joined the board in June. He also chairs the boards of ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... to create the Life Insurance Advice Working Group and appointing former APRA member John Trowbridge as its independent chairman. Its goal was to review ASIC's report and make recommendations on how the industry can respond to the issues identified to ...

AFA can't give Trowbridge report "complete support"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... pleasing thing is that the industry combined - the FSC and the AFA - decided we would seek a solution and put an independent chairman in place." "But we don't agree with John's recommendations in full. We think there needs to be a great deal of caution ...

QIC hires senior infrastructure execs

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... Australia's Future Fund and the first chief executive of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, was appointed independent chairman of the QIC Global Infrastructure Investment Committee. QIC is working to gain regulatory approvals for the Fund in a number ...

QIC appoints independent investment chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Paul Costello has been appointed independent chairman of the QIC Global Infrastructure Investment Committee. Previously managing director of the Future Fund and New Zealand Superannuation Fund's first chief executive, Costello began his new role at ...

Reconsider life insurance commission ban: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... ensure quality advice for consumers and improved insurance coverage across the community," the inquiry's independent chairman John Trowbridge said. The inquiry into financial advice is being conducted in response to the report issued by the Australian ...

Adviser remuneration "critical": Trowbridge Interim Report

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
... Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC). John Trowbridge who released the report and is independent chairman of the LIAWG said: "The interim report thoroughly assesses ASIC's Review of Retail Life Insurance and Advice report ...

First Super to vote against CBA board members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... investors from Australia, the UK and the US proposed replacing News Corp chief executive Rupert Murdoch with an independent chairman, as well as implementing simple majority votes on company resolutions.

Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair appointed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Former APRA member John Trowbridge has been appointed independent chairman of the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group established by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC). The working group will address ...

Naos to launch long/short equity LIC

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... of $1.00. This compares to many recent LIC IPO's where the IPO NTA is $0.97cps or lower. David Rickards, independent chairman of the new listed company, said the company has been developed from the NAOS Long/ Short equity fund, which has outperformed ...