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AMP Capital grows infrastructure team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... Alpha Trains and its predecessor company where she held a variety of roles across business development, procurement and corporate finance. Pahari commented the appointments reflect AMP Capital going from strength to strength after a successful US$2.4 ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... exist, half of which were developed between 2013 and 2016. "We have seen greater emphasis on issues of materiality of corporate sustainability and more ESG-related data is available to investors than ever before. This helps inform new types of investment ...

Vamos returns as governance firm chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... contribution to wealth stewardship, through the promotion of thoughtful, long-term and holistic risk management and corporate governance best practices." "I look forward to leading Regnan as we continue to advance the responsible investment agenda and ...

ASIC calls on NAB to improve disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
An investigation by ASIC has forced NAB Group advice licensees to make corrective disclosures to customers. The corporate regulator found that NAB's dealer groups failed to disclose relationships between advisers, licensees, and other members of the ...

Macrovue appoints former Arena MD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... 15 years' experience in financial services and funds management. He has expertise across a range of areas including corporate finance, equity and debt capital markets, private equity, M&A, early stage investment and financial risk management. "James ...

Mystery buyer for $800m Aussie bond record

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... interest strategies. VanEck Australia told Financial Standard earlier this year that by using a factor-based approach, corporate bonds were an investment vehicle that Australian investors could achieve a "simple and cost effective exposure to the Australian ...

Super trustees on notice over fund disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... superannuation trustees needed improvement in the disclosure of information on super fund websites according to Australia's corporate regulator. ASIC recently wrote to 21 superannuation trustees who failed to meet "Transparency Information" requirements ...

Magellan adds John Eales to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... Eales worked in advisory and executive roles for a number of organisations; he co-founded the Mettle Group in 2003, a corporate consultancy firm later acquired by Chandler Macleod. Eales commented: "Magellan is a business I have admired now for many ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... by businesses also has implications for the economy. Typically, an increase in business demand for credit signifies corporate optimism over the economic outlook and generally leads to higher investment spending. The demand for credit has a direct bearing ...

Short-termism obsession misses premia: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... Companies with high levels of long-horizon investors have the flow-on benefits of improving managerial behavioural and corporate decision-making, resulting in reduced risk, greater profitability and shareholder value, it noted. "Long-term investor ownership ...