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2017 AGMs less tumultuous: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... strong theme that emerged was shareholders advocating action for environmental, social and governance issues - particularly board diversity. "Particular attention has been given to this issue by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) ...

Fund manager chief executive moves to QIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... will include the early stages of planning - supporting funds in devising investment strategies and objectives, and securing board and stakeholder approval - to managing evolving investment needs across asset classes to meet liquidity and return on investment ...

FinTech Australia chair steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... supporting the continuing growth and maturity of the fintech industry. I would also like to thank the support of my fellow board members of the current and previous board, including Stuart, in volunteering their time to help grow our community and industry," ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
The US economy had been expected to slow in the fourth quarter of 2017... but not this slow. The advance estimate of US GDP showed economic growth decelerated to a 2.6% annual rate in the December 2017 quarter from a two-and-a-half-year high of 3.2% ...

Commonwealth Bank appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... following a thorough global and local search and rigorous interview process, CBA chair Catherine Livingstone said. "The board is delighted that Matt Comyn has accepted the offer to lead the Commonwealth Bank. We believe he was the outstanding candidate ...

Aberdeen LIC internalises management

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... and ALR had enjoyed a "long and successful relationship." Because of the decision, the Aberdeen representative on ALR's board, Mark Daniels, stepped down from his role.

UBS restructures global wealth arms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... last month and previously ran the UBS Switzerland business since September 2016. Prior to UBS, he spent 15 years on the board of managing directors of Commerzbank, half of which Blessing served as chair. He succeeds Jurg Zeltner, who will step down from ...

Topdocs enhances platform with extended partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... structures," Topdocs director Michael Spakman said. BGL managing director Ron Lesh added: "It's great to have Topdocs on board. The new CAS 360 API has been designed to make it easy for document providers to directly integrate new companies. This is ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... stable manner". The Bank of Japan (BOJ) couldn't be clearer on its forward guidance following the conclusion of its first Board meeting for 2018 where it kept monetary policy settings as they were in 2017 - interest rate at -0.1%; 10-year JGBs at around ...

FIIG Securities head of intermediaries departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... doing a world trip and ticking a few things off the bucket list." Late last year, FIIG made two new appointments to its board: former TCorp chief executive Stephen Knight and chief financial officer Christine Feldmanis. Knight is also a board member ...