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Sentry Group appoints head of wealth solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... of wealth solutions. Karen Brown joins Sentry Group from Grant Samuel Funds Management, where she was state manager for Western Australia, having held the same role for Challenger prior to that. In her new role, she will be responsible for deploying ...

Bridges advice head resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
The chief executive of IOOF-owned Bridges has resigned and the former head of Western Pacific Financial Planning has been appointed to the role in the interim. Nick Langton joined Bridges in 2014 from Perpetual where he was general manager of Perpetual's ...

Legg Mason appoints head of Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... Mason's $35 billion in assets under management in Australia and oversee affiliated fund managers including Martin Currie, Western Asset, Brandywine Global and EnTrustPermal. "Having spent the past decade building a global business I have always been ...

Super funds struggling as member engagement decreases

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... problem resolution. Investment performance was the most commonly-cited concern. Commenting on the research, CoreData head of Western Australia Kristen Turnbull said: "If super funds have any hope of engaging the younger generations, they have to stop ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. This is the second successive monthly fall. Dwelling approvals decreased in June in Western Australia (5.2%), Tasmania (3.7%), Queensland (3.2%), Australian Capital Territory (2.8%) and Victoria (0.1%), but increased ...

FIIG appoints head of middle markets

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... Simpson will take on the role, as FIIG looks to expand its reach in the middle markets sector. Simpson joins FIIG from Western Union where he was head of dealing. Prior to this he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland as head of structured risk and capital ...

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... are pricing in a rate cut at next week's RBA meeting, although, according to head of investment management Australia at Western Asset Management, Anthony Kirkham, a rate cut might not be the right answer. With inflation running below target and the RBA ...

Major tenant extends lease at Cromwell property

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... views, as well as conveniences like on-site retail outlets, easy access to public transport and a high carpark ratio. "The Western end of Collins Street has changed significantly over the past 10 years and is now very much seen to be at the centre of ...

Super fund CEO not seeking reappointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... seeking reappointment when his term expires on 29 January 2017. Howard Rosario, head of the $22 billion government fund for Western Australia public sector workers, was originally appointed for a five-year term that commenced in January 2012. Prior to ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
"As a historian, I fear that Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also of western political civilization in its entirety." -Donald Tusk, President of the European Council I thought he went over the top and got carried ...