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AMP Capital builds global infrastructure debt team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
AMP Capital has appointed Roopa Murthy and Giles Gray as Director and Associate of its global infrastructure debt team in London. Murthy was previously on Credit Agricole's energy and infrastructure team, while Gray was senior associate, corporate finance ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher amid a ceasefire in Ukraine and hopes for a deal over Greece's bailout. At 0857 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 30 points at 5,747. A new roadmap aimed at ending a 10-month ...

Suncorp chief executive to depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Suncorp Group chief executive Patrick Snowball has confirmed reports he will leave the company by the end of 2015. The news was delivered as Snowball announced group profits were up net 15% to $631 million. Profit was mostly driven by Suncorp's general ...

Former UBS chief executive launches asset management firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Former UBS chief executive Colin Woods has launched Pan-Tribal Asset Management. Pan-Tribal describes itself as an investment management firm geared towards "providing breadth of asset management capabilities across a range of asset classes and investment ...

ACSI chief executive to step down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) chief executive Gordon Hagart will step down in April and return to Europe. Hagart expressed his regrets about the unexpected news but said the "difficult decision" was right for his family. "I've ...

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 ...

SPAA rebrands as SMSF Association

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has renamed itself the SMSF Association. According to SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery, the change occurred because the organisation needs to "[reflect] the importance of the SMSF ...

Twin Peaks model optimal for financial stability

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
The "Twin Peaks" regulatory model is the ideal approach to ensure financial stability, according to research by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). The model, which pivots on regulation of financial services by independent entities ...

LaSalle acquires Tokyo office complex

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
LaSalle Investment Management (LaSalle) has acquired a mixed-use office complex in central Tokyo. The Meguro Gajoen complex comprises the Arco Tower and Arco Tower Annex office spaces, Meguro Gajoen banquet hall and hotel and the Arco Square retail ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
The share market has opened lower amid fears of a Greek debt default. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's vow to stand by his anti-austerity electoral promises are denting global equity markets but locally, the mining giants and consumer discretionary ...