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Vanguard global chief executive steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... since 2008. He joined Vanguard 31 years ago, led a number of client-facing divisions and was appointed the head of institutional investor group in 1995. McNabb said it is the right time to step down and for a new leader to enter as the firm continues ...

Club Plus Super appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... has held also various positions at BT Financial Group and BT Investment Management, spanning the economics team, institutional business development and brand and marketing communications. "Stefan has been in the acting chief executive position since ...

China awards private fund license to $900bn manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... UBS Asset Management to offer onshore fixed income, equities and multi-asset private funds to high-net-worth and institutional Chinese investors. It complements UBS AM's existing Chinese operations. UBS AM president Ulrich Koerner described China as ...

Government cracks down on salary sacrifice loophole

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
The Federal Government will take action to close a loophole that allowed employers to short-change employees who chose to make salary sacrifice contributions to their superannuation accounts. The move follows the release of a Superannuation Guarantee ...

Perpetual case dismissed in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
Although Perpetual's shareholder oppression case against Washington H Soul Pattinson was dismissed by the Federal Court on Monday, chief executive Geoff Lloyd said his group was simply acting in the best interests of unitholders. Perpetual, which retains ...

BlackRock hires new executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... responsible for developing investment solutions for asset managers, insurers, banks and pension funds. She will also help institutional investors tackle issues when it comes to portfolio construction and risk management, trading and liquidity management ...

Real Asset Management embraces SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... product range is a natural extension of our offering and reflective of our investment philosophy. Our goal is to bring institutional style investment strategies to the private client world in a simple and transparent solution, which aligns with the SMA ...

HESTA stands up to all-male boards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey penned a letter to all S&P/ASX200 companies urging them to set specific targets and timeframes for the number of women positioned at senior executive level. Blakey said it was "vital" that companies are transparent ...

Xero seeks global growth, director steps down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
New Zealand-based accounting software company Xero has reaffirmed its commitment to machine learning and artificial intelligence to reduce compliance costs and arm accountants and financial advisers "with the tools required to support the world's small ...

Second private equity firm bids $2.2bn

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
One of Asia's largest specialist private equity firms is matching KKR's bid for an Australian telecoms operator. Affinity Equity Partners has submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire 100% of Vocus Group for $3.50 per share, for a total of $2.2 billion. ...