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HFA CFO departs after a month

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
The chief financial officer of ASX-listed hedge fund portfolio management holding company HFA is departing after a month at the firm. Henry Capra joined HFA in May as CFO and company secretary. Most recently he was head of custody and fund services ...

CalPERS appoints interim CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has appointed an interim chief executive as it continues the search for a new leader. Stepping in to the interim chief executive role is CalPERS' deputy executive officer for operations and ...

FTSE Russell launches "green revenue" model

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Index provider FTSE Russell has launched a low carbon energy (LCE) data model which tracks the "green revenues" of companies comprising 98.5% of total global market cap. The goal of the new model is to give each listed entity a low carbon industrial ...

Former politician joins fintech board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
People seeking good financial advice don't need or want to be sold products along the way, according to a former federal politician and soon-to-be fintech board member. Joining the board of online automated adviser Map My Plan from 1 June will be former ...

CommInsure appoints independent review expert

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
CommInsure has announced the appointment of its independent expert to review past life insurance claims. Deloitte will responsible for selecting a representative sample of denied CommInsure claims over the last five years, determining the validity of ...

HFA appoints CFO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
HFA, the Australian parent of US-based fund manager, Lighthouse Investment Partners, has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO) and company secretary, effective 9 May 2016. Henry Capra will take on the roles and has extensive experience in the ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Uh-oh! Don't know if you noticed but most equity markets around the world finished in the red heading into and up to the end of April. The raison d'Aatre, the source of angst, the trigger for the sell orders all pointed to the disappointment over the ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Safe haven purchases, speculative positioning ahead of the fiscal year-end, repatriation, reduced interest rate yield differential, policy impotence... take your pick. The fact remains that the Japanese yen has appreciated - big time - vis-A -vis the ...

Hunter Hall appoints non-executive director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Listed fund manager Hunter Hall International has appointed an independent non-executive director. Taking on the role is David Groves, who is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company ...

FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... attendance kept growing to the point that the committee had to keep changing venues to accommodate the larger crowd. The secret lies in the fundraising recipe: FICAP hosts a singing contest aptly titled 'Who Wants to be a RockStar!' where entrants get ...