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CIMIC in $1.8b writedown

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... BIC Contracting (BICC). "After thorough evaluation of all available options, CIMIC has decided to exit the region and to focus its resources and capital allocation on growth opportunities in its main core markers and geographies (Australia, New Zealand ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... travel. The regulatory environment too will undergo significant change, with KPMG and ANU predicting that regulators will focus on an organisation's activities and outcomes rather than the entity itself. "Rather than a 'one-size-fits-all' regulatory ...

The growing risk to financial advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... looking for ways to fill the gap in the advice industry, with many industry funds already providing advice to members. "The focus of this advice would be general and would be very one-dimensional, centering on the superannuation side of a person's ...

American private debt fund eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
A private debt manager with stellar past returns, is eyeing local superannuation funds as it starts to raise for a new fund. Victory Park Capital, headquartered in Chicago, is best known in the US for lending to financial services companies, focused ...

DNR expands distribution team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
DNR Capital has expanded its wholesale and distribution team with the appointment of a new regional manager for New South Wales and Queensland. Robert Coates will join the team from Pengana Capital, where he was responsible for servicing financial advisers ...

Westpac appoints new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... for 11% of the UK GDP with over 1.3 million employees. "This experience, coup-led with his strong customer and employee focus, will be invaluable to Westpac as the organisation executes its strategy and implements its response plan for the AUSTRAC statement ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
The shortlist for the Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards 2020 has been unveiled, recognising outstanding investment talent across major asset classes. Now in their third year, the annual Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards are ...

New chief for Willis Re Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
Willis Tower Watson's reinsurance business, Willis Re, has appointed a new chief executive for its Australian arm. John Philipsz will fill the position, effective 1 January 2020, after serving as deputy chief executive since 2018. Prior to that, Philipsz ...

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
A newly launched sub-plan of Aracon Super has officially launched, marketed to millennials with a PDS revealing relatively high fees, expensive insurance and big ambitions. Elevate Super launched today, after Financial Standard revealed its plans last ...

Boutique shuts Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
A Brisbane boutique is winding up an Aussie equities fund, after an investor decided to redeem their money, representing roughly 60% of the fund's assets, just before Christmas. Ganes Value Growth Fund was terminated on the January 15. The fund had ...