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FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed State Street head of Asia Pacific to its board and confirmed that chief economist James Bond has left the organisation. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Asia Pacific, Lochiel Crafter, is ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... the group's insurance business. VFMC appoints new chairman - James MacKenzie has been appointed the new chairman of VFMC's board. State Street appoints head of custody - Paul Khoury has been appointed a director for State Street's custody division in ...

EOFY means new laws and new products

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... due for Joe Hockey's Tax White Paper (July 24) and on July 23 submissions are due for proposed changes to superannuation board governance. Financial services industry representatives have also hinted expectations that the Financial System Inquiry may ...

Findex acquires private wealth firm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... collaborative, long-term relationship with our clients, which is something we share with Harveys. "Welcoming David and his team on board will only enhance our ability to provide this sort of personalised service to our clients." As a result of the merger ...

A sobering lesson from a social move gone wrong

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... have a specific social media policy for its advisers and trusts their judgement. "I'm very cautious with who I bring on board to make sure they have the same philosophy as me," he said. He referred to his decision to cut the group's ties with Howarth ...

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... cleared. Rice confirmed that Greece had asked for a last-minute repayment extension earlier on Tuesday, which the Fund's board will consider "in due course." The IMF blinked. Greece is in "arrears" not "default". It will consider in "due course" Greece's ...

VFMC appoints new chairman

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) recently appointed James MacKenzie as a director and chairman of the board. MacKenzie currently serves as a director of Melco Crown Entertainment; Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corporation; Maurice Blackburn ...

Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... talks to resolve the Greek debt crisis broke down. The market opened nearly two per cent down as stocks dropped across the board. "It's not good. Greece is the culprit," CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. He said although most Australian ...

Wilson to raise $550m for philanthropic LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... access to Australia's most prominent global fund managers - a number of whom are not accessible to retail investors." FGG board and managers will act pro bono. The LIC will be chaired by Australian business leader and University of Sydney chancellor ...

TCorp becomes $70bn investment giant

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) has become one of Australia's top 10 asset managers after State Super outsourced its funds management activities to the now $70 billion investment giant. This is the latest phase of an amalgamation process that started ...