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HESTA non-committal on Transfield divestment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... HESTA, did not want their retirement funds invested in Manus Island detention centre, which Transfield runs. Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday, the ASU's NSW/ACT president Sally McManus said ASU's contingent of welfare workers were "not ...

Auction items for FICAP announced

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
A chance to play AFL on the SCG before a A Sydney Swans home match is just one of the prizes up for grabs at the live auction that will take place at the annual Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) "Who Wants to be a RockStar" event to be ...

NAB and Deutsche Bank extend custody relationship

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... banking, asset and wealth management, and transaction banking. It has operated in Australia since 1973 and has offices in Sydney and Melbourne. The new contract win for NAB Asset Servicing comes after a competitive tender process. Asset Servicing, part ...

AFA Foundation appoints AIA exec as new chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... AFA chief executive announced Sciarrone's appointment at the AFA / Plan for Life Insurance Company of the Year Awards in Sydney last night.

CommInsure wins AFA/PFL Life Company of the Year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life (PFL) awarded insurance companies at the black-tie event held in Sydney last night. CommInsure acting executive general manager Tim Browne spoke to Financial Standard after receiving the award ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... revision to Japanese economic growth in 2013. Tokyo tumbled 2.59 per cent, or 393.72 points to finish at 14,830.39 and Sydney fell 0.55 per cent, or 29.6 points, to 5,384.2 while Seoul shed 1.60 per cent, or 31.33 points, to 1,932.54. Shanghai ended ...

PROFILE: MetLife head of distribution Michael Gooddall

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... career paths. Goodall's father was a journalist, initially with Queensland Country Life before relocating the family to Sydney to take a job with Fairfax. The fondness with which Goodall speaks of the profession makes it easy to believe he might have ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... local economic news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe is slated to give a speech at a Sydney Institute function. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. The Global Iron Ore and Steel ...

Kapstream Capital picks up ex-T. Rowe Price head of client relations

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... relations manager from T. Rowe Price. James Bloom had served as the T. Rowe Price head of client and consultant relations in Sydney for three years and will now manage and lead the Kapstream institutional efforts and consultant relations functions. Bloom ...

Towers Watson grows Australian team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... move it says was driven by increased demand. Two of the appointments were asset consultants. Felicity Walsh will join the Sydney office as an investment consultant, while Alek Misev re-joins Towers Watson as a private markets consultant. Walsh, a qualified ...