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Labor forces tabling of FoFA regulations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... senators of the Labor Party, the Greens, Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party Senator Ricky Muir and independent Senator Nick Xenophon. Labor is now intending to give notice of a motion to disallow the government's proposed regulations on Monday The ...

Standard Life Investment property specialist joins Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... and head of the Neuberger Berman global real estate securities group Steve Shigekawa said. Neuberger head of Asia Pacific Nick Hoar added: "Anton's hire reflects our plans to expand the firm's real estate offerings worldwide." Neuberger Berman manages ...

Labor questions Murray, calls for another inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... that advice scandals within CBA are "just the tip of the iceberg in my understanding." Whish-Wilson quoted fellow Senator Nick Xenophon, who recently commented in the media that, "with all due respect to Mr Murray's background and qualifications, he ...

FoFA future uncertain as Palmer threatens to join opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... means that the Coalition has to convince six out of the eight fringe party senators to vote in favour. Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has already declared that he does not agree with the proposed changes and that he will not back the Coalition. The ...

IOOF appoints Perpetual exec to head Bridges

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
IOOF-owned Bridges Financial Services has appointed Nick Langton as its chief executive officer. Langton joins Bridges from Perpetual, where he was most recently general manager of private clients. During his time with Perpetual he was also acting group ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... that a strategic asset allocation strategy is driving sovereign investors to alternatives, rather than tactical allocation," Nick Tolchard, co-chair of Invesco's global sovereign group and head of Invesco Middle East, said. "The expected net increase ...

Xenophon rejects Senate FoFA report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has confirmed that does not support the Senate Economics Committee report on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform. Xenophon said via his Twitter account that he does not support "the government's FoFA repeal ...

Senate report supportive of government FoFA reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... Senate, despite the fact that Labor and the Greens will be opposing it. "It is interesting to know that [independent Senator] Nick Xenophon, who is in the Senate Committee, is not opposing the report; or at least, there's nothing in the report that suggests ...

ME Bank in search for new chief risk officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... started an executive recruitment process to replace its longstanding chief risk officer, who recently departed the bank. Nick Vamvakas left his position as ME Bank chief risk officer on February 28, 2014, and was recently appointed chief risk officer ...

Dynamic approach key to low volatility investing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... elsewhere in their portfolios. However, at a recent seminar in Sydney, Mercer director of portfolio construction research Nick White, Enhanced Institute of Technologies chief executive and CIO Adrian Banner and MFS Investment Management institutional ...