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QIC appoints board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt recently announced the appointment of a former AMP Capital chief executive to the board of funds management giant QIC. Joining the board of QIC as its ninth member is Stephen Dunne. Pitt said the expansion will deepen ...

Telstra Super CIO to leave fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... director, global multi-asset on 11 January, reporting to the group's chief executive Damien Frawley. Christensen, a Queenslander and recent winner of the 2015 Chief Investment Officer of the Year Award at this year's National Achievement Awards, joined ...

Government could force QIC to fund Queensland infra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
The Labor government in Queensland could force QIC to reduce its international and cash exposure to allocate more funds to the State's infrastructure. Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt said in his first budget speech that over the next six months the ...

Giving through PAFs back to pre-crisis level

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
New donations into tax effective Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs), have risen 16% to $354 million in the year to 30 June, surpassing pre-crisis levels, according to the annual JBWere Giving Trends Report. The total number of PAFs is up 13.5% to 1,246 ...

Younger Australians taking interest in superannuation

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Younger people are taking a more active interest in their superannuation, according to the latest quarterly MLC Wealth Sentiment Survey. In a break from tradition where younger people have typically been disengaged with their savings, the survey found ...

AUST(Q) Super and AustralianSuper to merge in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The merger between AustralianSuper and Queensland-based AUST(Q) Super will be effective from January 1, 2014, following the successful completion of the due diligence process. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk and AUST(Q) Super chair Bob Henricks ...

Blue Sky names investment manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has named Lachlan McMurdo as an investment manager in its private equity division. McMurdo joins Blue Sky from Bain & Company's private equity group where he worked as a consultant for three years. In his new role, he ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released a model for assisting dealer groups and financial planners affected by the QLD flood crisis - and the same model is being adopted by its insurer members. FSC members are currently paying, in advance ...

Fin services firms rally to aid Queensland

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
From donations to charitable activities, Australia's financial services professionals are reaching out to help Queensland's flood victims in a show of unity and support. ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have each donated $1 million to Queensland Premier ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Despite better economic numbers from the US and at home, Australians are less confident about their finances today than they were three months ago, a study found. The Suncorp Life Confidence Index fell 1.5 points fell from 60.9 in April 2010 to 59.4 ...