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Regal farewells co-founder in board makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... One of the co-founders of Regal Funds Management has stepped down from his non-executive director position on the firm's board. In what was described as the final step in his transition away from the $1.4 billion manager, Andrew King stepped down from ...

Equity Trustees enters $5.2bn super fund merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
Equity Trustees is entering a partnership to facilitate a $5.2 billion superannuation fund merger. Under the terms of the partnership, and subject to approval from the two funds' respective trustee boards, EQT's The Executive Superannuation Fund and ...

CBA chair defends executive bonuses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... any breaches as early as 2015, but only alerted the ASX on August 4. Chair David Coleman pressed Livingstone on why CBA's board was more concerned about AUSTRAC launching the proceedings and not the underlying facts behind the allegations. "We took the ...

Business benefits of managed accounts mounting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Financial advisers using managed accounts are saving more than 14 hours a week on compliance and administrative tasks. Latest research from BT Financial Group, conducted by Investment Trends in July, demonstrates advisers recommending managed accounts ...

Former NZ Prime Minister joins bank board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... Key replaces John Judge, who will retire as chair in January next year, a position he's held since 2012. Judge joined the board in December 2008 as an independent non-executive director; he is also a director of Fletcher Building and Fletcher Building ...

Chinese wealth firm takes stake in investment platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... Singapore and South Korea. Having made the investment, BMY Group chief executive Eric Gao has now joined Wholesale Investor's board. Gao explained: "We're seeing more and more Australian companies who are considering China as a market for their products ...

Elders boosts Victorian presence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
Elders Financial Planning is continuing its spree of on-boarding advice practices, adding its 20th business in less than two years just as it looks set to join IOOF. Following the news that IOOF will acquire ANZ Wealth's aligned advice dealer groups ...

Board changes at Crestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
Crestone Wealth Management announced a number of board changes that will help steer the firm's expansion in 2018. Leigh Clifford assumes the position of chair, succeeding John McDonald who remains a non-executive director. Clifford joined as a non-executive ...

QIC announces board appointments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Australian investment giant QIC recently added a New York-based real estate investment expert to its board. Joining the board is Professor Patrice Derrington, whose experience includes directorships and executive positions at JP Morgan Chase, Lower ...

Praemium grows SMA options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Praemium expanded its separately managed accounts offering, adding 16 new model portfolios. The $4.3 billion platform has added eight models with Shaw and Partners, four with Joseph Palmer, three with State Street and one Evans and Partners model. This ...