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Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
1. AustralianSuper merges investment options In January AustralianSuper closed three investment options and replaced them with two as part of a streamlining process aiming to keep costs low and refocus the fund's investment efforts. The industry super ...

US pension fund extends tobacco divestment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
The largest defined-benefit public pension fund in the US will divest from tobacco-related securities across its externally managed portfolios. The move by CalPERS comes on top of its decision in 2000 to divest tobacco from internally managed public ...

Contango hires senior analyst from Wilsons

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
An institutional adviser at Wilson HTM will join Contango Asset Management in January. Adam Dellaway spent 16 years at Wilsons, advising on both institutional and retail businesses across trade execution, sales trading and research. At Contango he will ...

WAM proposes LIC takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Wilson Asset Management has submitted a new proposal to take over management of an ASX-listed investment company. Century Australia Investments, for which Perennial Value Management is currently investment manager, was previously given a WAM restructure ...

Keybridge executive director resigns, chair appointed

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Keybridge Capital has appointed a new chair and non-executive director while director Antony Sormann has departed. Jeremy Kriewaldt is currently a partner at Atanaskovic Hartnell, specialising in corporate and commercial law. He was previously a partner ...

Strategy Steps sold to knowIT

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
Financial planning support business Strategy Steps has been sold to software product and services company knowIT to allow for greater digitalisation of the service. Effective from 1 October 2016, the sale of Strategy Steps will let previous owners Louise ...

Former Westpac adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... health-risk factors in telephone applications for insurance policies issued by Westpac Life Insurance Services (WLIS). As a result, WILS issued policies to clients based on false information, assuming greater risks without having an opportunity to adequately ...

Pinnacle director departs after Wilson acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
A Pinnacle Investment Management director has resigned from his position. Steven Skala has been a Pinnacle director for 14 years and was chair from 2011 to 2015. He currently sits on the boards of BlueChilli Group, the General Sir Monash Foundation ...

Wilson Group's new MD begins role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Wilson Group has appointed a new managing director. Following the resignation of Alexander Grant from the board, Pinnacle Investment Management managing director Ian Macoun has become Wilson Group's new managing director. Wilson Group owns a roughly ...

Keybridge appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
Following its chair's resignation yesterday, Keybridge Capital has appointed a new non-executive director. John Patton takes on the role having been a partner at Ernst & Young focusing on transactions advisory services. He was also chief financial officer ...