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MDA firm hires former Pillar chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Listed managed discretionary account company Managed Accounts Holdings Limited (MGP) added a former Pillar chief executive to its board with the aim of growing its retail superannuation sector. Peter Brook served as Pillar's managing director and chief ...

HHV appoints coal company chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Listed ethical investment company Hunter Hall Global Value has named the chair of coal company New Hope Group as an interim director. Robert Millner joined HHV's board following chair Paul Jensen's removal so it could comply with ASX listing standards ...

Bennelong fund founder resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... director of Bennelong Long Short Equity Management, substantial investor in the fund and shareholder in the management company. Fish is known for his track record of having generated a return of 18.5% per annum on the LSEF. Having worked alongside Fish ...

ASIC cancels responsible entity AFSL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... a responsible entity for failing to comply with a number of its key obligations as a financial services licensee. The company, DD&D Securities, is the responsible entity for Dwyers Managed Investments, a mortgage scheme that operates in regional Victoria. ...

Morningstar downgrades Franklin Templeton parent rating

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... an "investment culture given to complacency," according to senior analyst Alec Lucas. The re-rating concerns the parent company of Franklin Templeton, Franklin Resources BEN, which Lucas said was at least 40% owned by founder Rupert Johnson Sr.'s family. ...

Investment management industry needs overhaul: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... most important skill of an asset manager chief executive will be the ability to articulate a compelling vision for the company. Those in the Asia Pacific see ethical decision-making (38%) and relationship building skills (40%) as paramount. In this new ...

Financial advice standards body revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... serves as a director of the Reserve Bank of Australia's Payments Systems Board and for the Australian Foundation Investment Company. Having been appointed to more than 15 boards in the past 25 years, Walter is also a former managing partner of law firm ...

Coles sheds life insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... guarantee, underwritten by MetLife, in what then-Coles Finance director Rob Scott described as a natural progression for the company and in competition with rival Woolworths' range of insurances. In a statement to Financial Standard, Coles confirmed ...

Singapore fintech shutters Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... Australia. The decision to close CoAssets' crowdfunding and funds management businesses in Australia followed a review of the company's international operations, which determined that any further expansion here would require a strategic partner to adapt ...

Hunter Hall LIC chair ousted

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... shareholders were "provided with the choice between realising fair value for their investment or remaining invested in the company with improved corporate governance, capital management, dividend payments and shareholder engagement." At the meeting yesterday ...