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SMSF expert joins AMP board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
Former SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery is set to take a seat on AMP's board next month. Joining as a non-executive director, Slattery will begin her tenure at AMP on February 15. She left a non-executive director position at Centrepoint ...

Formica finds new CEO role

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
Former Janus Henderson Group co-chief executive Andrew Formica is joining Jupiter Fund Management as its new leader in March. Formica will replace current Jupiter chief executive Maarten Slendebroek, who is transitioning out of his role and finishing ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services names APAC lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
BNP Paribas appointed a new Asia Pacific lead for BNP Paribas Securities Services. Mostapha Tahiri will succeed Philippe Benoit as the head of the Asia Pacific business effective February 1. Tahiri will report to Jose Placido, global head of client ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
A Melbourne bond manager won a $180 million mandate from UniSuper as the super fund increased its allocation to fixed income. UniSuper appointed Jamieson Coote Bonds to manage about $180 million in Australian government bonds in November. The mandate ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
It is competition time for Australia's top investment talent as the Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards 2019 unveils its shortlist. This year will see investment giants vie alongside small boutiques to take home 19 awards. AMP Capital ...

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
California has become the first state in the US to legislate gender board diversity for publicly listed companies. From 1 January 2019 public companies headquartered in California must have at least one woman on the board of directors by year end or ...

Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
Need a Royal Commission refresh? Here are the top stories you needed to know in 2018. Meller leaves AMP After a difficult appearance at the Royal Commission's hearings into financial advice, AMP's outgoing chief executive made a swift exit ...

Chief economist update: ECB bids farewell to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
The European Central Bank (ECB) delivered on its promise. While it kept interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 0%; deposit facility rate at -0.4%; marginal lending facility rate at 0.25% - at its December 13 Governing Council meeting, it also confirmed ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
We got chills, they're multiplying... How could something so good turn out to be so bad? It was all very good just as 2017 was turning into 2018... so good, that financial markets were pencilling in exit strategies from the world's major economies ...

Impact investment manager grows board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
The deputy chair of ASIC's Markets Disciplinary Panel joined a $730 million impact fund manager as a guardian of purpose. Impact Investment Group (IIG) has welcomed legal and risk professional Cilla Boreham to the board of Impact Funds Management, which ...