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PROFILE: Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... Hartley's appointment as chief executive of the $26 billion industry superannuation fund Sunsuper signifies a homecoming. A Brisbane boy born and bred, Hartley spent the bulk of his career south of the border, first in the oil industry, and then in the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... Mining is expected to post its quarterly activity report while ALS Group has its annual general meeting scheduled in Brisbane. In Australia, the market on Monday, fell slightly as gains by iron ore miners were outweighed by falls by most banks and retailers. ...

ASIC puts hold Custom Wealth's AFSL

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Brisbane-based Custom Wealth Solutions has also lost its Australian financial services (AFS) licence for three months. ASIC suspended the group's licence after it entered into receivership on June 11, 2014. The regulator has also permanently banned ...

Two property funds announce significant acquisitions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... Healthcare Property Trust, have announced significant acquisitions. The Investec Australian Property Fund has purchased Brisbane office development 757 Ann Street for $65.5 million, which will bring the portfolio value to $250 million, a growth rate ...

FSI zeroes in on vertical advice and retirement income

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... submissions, which will close on August 26, 2014. The inquiry will also hold public forums in August in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth in the coming weeks.

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... with our International Advisory Panel. When we return, we will also hold public forums in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. These forums will provide an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions and present views to the Committee. The ...

Retirement innovation deadlock continues

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... said his advisers had already signed up a handful of clients to it. However, he also said a road show of the product in Brisbane failed to attract enough independent financial advisers, leading him to comment: "They weren't getting enough traction." ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Securities Exchange. Telstra chairman Catherine Livingstone is scheduled to speak at the QUT Business Leaders' Forum in Brisbane. The market on Thursday rose, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index adding 55.3 points to 5,479.9 points and the broader All ...

QIC hires exec from Guardians of NZ Super Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Brisbane-based investment firm Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has appointed an executive from the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Neil Williams will finish working at NZ Super at the end of May and will become QIC's managing director ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... general meetings. Wesfarmers chairman Bob Avery is slated to speak at an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch in Brisbane. In Australia, the market on Wednesday followed the global trend and has finished lower, with mining stocks taking the biggest ...