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Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... ( Financial Times ) "Greek crisis: Athens rejects capital controls report as Draghi calls for deal 'very soon'" ( The Guardian ) "Greek crisis pushes stocks lower" ( Nasdaq.com ) "Gold down on dollar strength, Greek crisis in focus" ( India Times )...and ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... they also drop. The bad emanates from the fear of a repeat of the experience of 16 January 2015 (Friday). Here was The Guardian's take the trading day after: "The Shanghai Composite Index sank 7.7% to 3,116.35 at close on Monday, after the China Securities ...

Future Fund appoints board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Carolyn Kay and Jane Wilson have been appointed to the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Kay was most recently a director at Commonwealth Bank, and has previously held roles at Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Linklaters & Paines. Wilson is currently a ...

NZ Super suspends Milford AM mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation have suspended a mandate with Milford Asset Management until a Financial Markets Authority (FMA) investigation into the fund manager is completed. Until then, NZ Super will manage the NZ$281 million ($276 ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... scandals at Commonwealth Financial Planning and Macquarie Private Wealth. AMP shut down the Genesys dealership and Suncorp's Guardian Advice license had conditions imposed on it over concerns about the appointment of ex-advisers from AAA Financial Intelligence. ...

ASIC imposes conditions on Guardian Advice

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed conditions on the licence of Suncorp-owned Guardian Advice following a surveillance which uncovered deficiencies in the advice it provided to retail clients. ASIC said the company ...

NZ Super terminates AMP Capital mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has terminated AMP Capital's New Zealand active equities mandate, effective from 30 October. The value of the mandate was NZ$257.5 million ($228.8 million). AMP Capital was appointed to the mandate in 2003. The decision ...

NZ Super CEO higher paid than Aussie counterparts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund pays chief executive Adrian Orr considerably more than many of Australia's highest profile not-for-profit super fund chief executives. In its 2014 annual report, the NZ Super Fund revealed that Orr received NZ$791,462 ...

Guardian and Asteron help launch pro bono adviser service

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Guardian Advice and Asteron Life have joined together with a network of financial advisers to launch Claims Aid, a service to provide pro-bono claims assistance on life and disability policies. Peter Kaleta, a principal adviser at Life Shield and founder ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... and not breaking relations with [our] partners, but doing so without being arrogant". This, at the same time that The Guardian reports that, "...a different Russian convoy did cross into Ukrainian territory late on Thursday evening. The Guardian saw ...