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Vale Gwen Fletcher

JULIE BENNETT  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... male-dominated accounting industry when it was unfashionable for women to have a career. She worked for the United States Army in Sydney during World War II and, once the war was over, for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). ...

SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... "are retarding investment, employment and growth in Australia." A financial adviser quoted by Credit Suisse said that "the army of SMSFs will be happy buyers of CBA when the share price is 5% lower, then 10% lower, then 20% lower, but if/when CBA cuts ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... 13 September -- bad news is good news in terms of Fed policy and good news is well...good news. You could have joined the army reserves the past two weeks, or volunteered for the Red Cross or slept all week and you'll still find that the S&P 500 0.8% ...

Business leaders donate big to Salvos

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The business community raised in excess of $2 million at the launch of the Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal at a lunch held at the Westin Hotel in Sydney yesterday. Guest speakers Fortescue Metal Group chairman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and his wife ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... a North Korean who's got his hands on nuclear playthings. Kim 'Duke Nukem' Jong Un has reportedly given his North Korean army the go ahead to nuke the United States. According to the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, "The merciless operation ...

GFC derails wealth fee growth by $30bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... base, the next wave of product design and breed of fund managers will be dictated by an issue far bigger than the GFC. "The army of baby boomers moving towards retirement age and out of the workforce will further fuel this secular shift within the economy ...

New COO part of expansion plans at Fidelity Australia

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investments has appointed former United States Army officer and head of group Strategy at Perpetual Eric Wang as its new chief operating officer in Australia. Wang joins the global fund manager from wealth management consultancy Sunstone ...

CIO and COO award winners named

FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... honoured with the inaugural CIO Award, as selected by a judging panel from a host of 10 submissions. Merlicek, who joined the army at 17 then completed an economics degree before starting his career in super, boasts more than 20 years experience in funds ...

Ibbotson appoints new head of managed account solutions

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Ibbotson Associates Australia has appointed Damian Holland as Head of Managed Account Solutions. Holland will be responsible for developing and managing the delivery of Ibbotson's managed account solutions, incorporating diversified and sector managed ...

Strong leadership essential to face superannuation challenges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... is nobody better placed to bring order out of uncertainty than you," Cosgrove told ASFA conference delegates. The former army chief, who has been a spear carrier for Qantas super for five years now, said that correctly handling the changes would be vital ...