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First State Super appoints ex-Barclays risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
First State Super (FSS) has appointed a new head of investment risk. Robert Sortwell joins FSS from Barclays Investment Bank, where he was head of risk for the fund solutions group within the Barclays Capital business. Prior to that role, he was a senior ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
"Suspense is worse than disappointment." -Robert Burns From today, we're getting more of it after Janet and her bunch of merry FOMC members decided to treat us - or prolong our agony, depending on which side of the fence one sits - to more of the same. ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... participated in the disclosure. In its most recent submission Cbus adopted the words of Professor Graeme Samuel AC and Robert van Woerkom in their independent governance review of the fund. Cbus said the actions of former employees Lisa Zanatta and Maria ...

Dalton Nicol Reid rebrands

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... base, product and service offering and funds under management over the last few years," said DNR Capital chief executive Robert White. "We see the change as an extension of that growth. It represents the current position and future of our business." ...

Maritime Super appoints NAS as custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
Maritime Super has reappointed National Australia Bank's Asset Servicing business as custodian for a further three years. NAS will provide custodial and investment administrative services to the $5 billion industry fund for maritime workers. Maritime ...

HESTA and SVA launch impact investment fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... significant milestone in building this market, to convert words into meaningful action," HESTA chief investment officer Robert Fowler said. "HESTA has a specific focus on impact investments in the health and community services sectors, which represent ...

Fintech start-ups painted as future heroes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Sydney fintech hub Stone and Chalk is aiming for Australia's entrepreneurs, technologists, scientists and mathematicians to receive the same status and respect as the country's sporting heroes. At the colourful Stone and Chalk official opening last ...

AFA Female Excellence semi-finalists named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and TAL have announced the semi-finalists for the 2015 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award. Next Step Financial Group's Crystal Broadfoot, Perspective Financial Services' Esther Althaus, Carrington Financial ...

BT reveals winners of national awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
BT Financial Group handed the awards to best adviser, best practice of the year and rising star at a ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra. McPhail HLG Financial Planning director and adviser Anne Graham was awarded Adviser of the Year, while the ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... professional investors think the key to retail is elsewhere. Lazard Asset Management managing director for Asia Pacific Robert Prugue told Financial Standard that the future is in new vehicles such as mFund or actively-managed exchange traded funds (ETFs). ...