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Independent expert awaits bank remuneration guidelines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... positive steps to complete implementation of the various measures of the package of industry initiatives, with an increasing focus being the development of responses to the Sedgwick Review recommendations and early efforts to change policies and practices ...

Former Macquarie executive director joins listed property firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
A former executive director at Macquarie Asset Management will become the managing director of an ASX-listed property group in July. Steven Sewell joined Abacus Property Group in September last year as chief investment officer and head of strategy. ...

Former advice dealer group chief executive surfaces

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
A leading corporate advisory firm has added the former chief executive of a Countplus subsidiary to its executive lineup. Former Total Financial Solutions chief executive Marcelo Fernandez joined Chase Corporate Advisory this week, focused on growing ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
Millennial super fund Spaceship, artificial intelligence and machine learning companies were among the beneficiaries of Australia's booming venture capital market in 2017, but two industry bodies have called on the Government to increase its support ...

HLB Mann Judd revises AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... voluntary basis as part of its initiatives to strengthen internal processes and procedures, and to enable the company to focus on other core areas of business. "No clients or investors have been affected by the company's interim undertaking and voluntary ...

Global investment group enters Australia via local partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
A global investment manager headquartered in London and Dubai, which specialises in bespoke strategies for sophisticated investors, is entering the Australian institutional market with the help of a local representative. The Entrepreneur's Investment ...

Companies must clarify purpose: Fink

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... on annual meetings and proxy votes. "If engagement is to be meaningful and productive - if we collectively are going to focus on benefitting shareholders instead of wasting time and money in proxy fights - then engagement needs to be a year-round conversation ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
Mercer is expanding its reach in the Japanese asset management market, acquiring a $7.4 million multi-manager. Mercer has entered an agreement to purchase BFC Asset Management, an independently-owned firm focused on providing alternative investment ...

CFA Australia recruits industry veterans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... appointment as chief executive in 2004. He led the global investment manager for more than a decade prior to retiring in 2016 to focus on directorship roles. Dunne is also a director of the North Australian Pastoral Company and chair of energy services ...

Macquarie Wrap SMAs accrue landmark FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... technology and innovation, with scale and security to support advisers and clients in reaching their goals," Garrett said. "Our focus is on providing investment options and products that make a real difference to advisers and their clients, and we're ...