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CFSGAM fixed income team loses three senior managers

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
Three senior members of Colonial First State Global Asset Management's fixed income team have left the company. Head of global fixed income and credit Tony Adams, head of rates Annette Mullen and senior portfolio manager Francois Kong departed in June. ...

SMSFs must increase global equities investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... investing overseas," Alcock said. He added cost, access, limited technology, complicated paperwork and a lack of good company research have traditionally presented hurdles for investors seeking to own international shares directly. Yet managed portfolio ...

ASIC drops Macquarie AFSL conditions

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... additional conditions placed on Macquarie Bank's Australian financial service licence (AFSL) following KPMG's review of the company. KPMG was engaged by Macquarie in April 2016 to undertake an external expert review of the effectiveness of Macquarie's ...

New non-executive director for GBST

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... technology to the financial services industry, GBST, has appointed a new independent non-executive director. Experienced company director and chartered accountant, Deborah Page will join the board, as GBST looks to reinforce its renewal strategy to align ...

PROFILE: Industry Super Australia chief economist Stephen Anthony

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... line. However he found his career was moving away from the first love of economic modeling. From there he founded the company Macroeconomics in 2007. This article was first published in the print edition of Finanical Standard. To read the rest, download ...

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 ...

Insurance giant appoints Australian underwriter to Asia role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... across the whole Asian region. Prior to Chubb, McCauley was an environmental consultant at contaminated land consulting company JBS&G, where he became familiar with environmental risks throughout Australia and the behaviours of particular contaminants. ...

Improvements in ESG leadership: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... environmental and social sustainability risks have material effects on the long-term performance of companies. Disclosure of company performance on sustainability risks is integral to investors being able to make quality investment decisions." ACSI currently ...

Decimal appointment strengthens compliance

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... governance as lead drivers for digital advice. Decimal non-executive chairman Mark Potts said the advisory board was the company's first initiative as it looks to provide expertise on industry disruption and trends while continuing to grow opportunities ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of liquidated firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... (AFSL) of a Queensland based financial services firm. The cancellation was made at Avamode Financial's request, after the company was placed into liquidation on 4 May 2016. The AFSL cancellation, which took effect on 20 June 2016, and liquidation follow ...