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Australian Unity appoints trustee GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... focusing on high net worth families; however Australian Unity has recently launched Australian Unity Trustees, a trustee company that will offer these services to all Australians," Mead said. The new trustee business forms part of Australian Unity's ...

Link executive announces retirement

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... markets David Geddes announced his retirement from the administration giant. An ASX statement said Geddes will leave the company effective August 2017, after working on the Link Group senior executive team for the past 11 years. Geddes has also served ...

Robo-advice portfolios benefiting from quant factors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... be boosted by using quantitative metrics that won't increase investors' risk, according to digital investment solutions company Quantifeed. In its whitepaper, Designing thematic indices with a quantitative factor, investors with robo-advice portfolios ...

AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... framework that will divest about $570 million in 'dangerous' or unethical investments across its entire portfolio. The company is ramping its commitment to responsible investing, and applying its new environmental, social and governance (ESG) decision-making ...

Ohanessian challenges Praemium board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... board said the platform provider required a chief executive with a "different skill-set [that] would better serve the company's leadership needs for the next phase of its growth and development." In a statement, Australian Ethical chief investment officer ...

Cyber breaches arise internally: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... acts, new claims data from Willis Towers Watson shows. Using its newly launched Cyber Risk Culture Survey solution, the company found 18% of cyber risks were driven by an external threat, while cyber extortion accounted for just 2%. The asset consultant ...

Westpac deputy chief executive retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... have handled the disruption from Y2K, the DotCom era, 9/11 and the Global Financial Crisis." "We have transformed the company via the acquisitions of BT and St. George and dramatically strengthened the balance sheet in terms of capital, funding and liquidity. ...

Instreet launches VC fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... to 10 startups that have the potential to produce high revenue growth, invest between $250,000 and $1 million in each company and target a five to 20% ownership. It aims to achieve a fund size of $5 million with set a minimum investment size of $50,000 ...

Global PE firm buys Australian office chain

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... markets it serves. We look forward to partnering with the management team to make substantial investments to optimize the company's digital and systems capabilities with a focus on enhancing the customer experience," Cooper said. Staples chief executive ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... exchange-traded-funds. Once matured, Spaceship hopes they can invest 15% of member's portfolios in the next billion dollar company before it goes public. Spaceship has announced its fees at 1.8%, slightly trimmer than other new products on the market. ...