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UBS deputy head of research departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... replacement for the deputy head role. Gilbert started with UBS as an intern in 2004. Insurance coverage will now be responsibility of Kieren Chidgey, who is adding it to his current coverage of diversified financials. Following the changes, the research ...

Macquarie Securities cops ASIC penalty

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... potential and capacity to undermine market integrity. "A market participant such as this should carry a greater responsibility to properly manage the risks that flow from their conduct. If that risk is poorly managed, the financial consequences to the ...

Bank appoints new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... Sydney, New York, London and Zurich. He was also the managing director of SBC Capital Markets & Treasury with direct responsibility for 16 countries. Outgoing chair Roger Davis leaves the board after 11 years. He joined the board in 2008 and has served ...

Super gets an insider in ministry reshuffle

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
A former senior adviser at AustralianSuper will take responsibility for the superannuation sector, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveiled a reshuffled ministry. Jane Hume, a former senior policy adviser at Australia's largest super fund, will ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
A new report from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) reveals just 11 of the 50 largest superannuation funds disclose complete proxy voting records. ACCR reviewed the disclosures of Australia's super funds' proxy voting ...

Super fund divests companies with all-male boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... research that shows that companies with diverse boards perform better." She explained that since super funds have a responsibility to make the best investment decisions to provide for their members in retirement, divesting from companies with no women ...

UBS co-head of equities departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... the firm. Chris Williams had been in the role since May 2015 alongside Steve Boxall, who will now have the sole responsibility for the role. Williams joined UBS in 2004 as a research analyst working on diversified financials. He was promoted to managing ...

Morningstar director joins BondAdviser

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... management. Most recently director of equity and credit research at Morningstar Australasia, Likos will assume responsibility for the development of BondAdviser's asset management business. Confirming the appointment, BondAdviser head of research Simon ...

Two new faces join SMSF Association board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... passionate supporter of the SMSF sector, believing it gives people who opt to do so the opportunity to take direct responsibility for their superannuation. It's for this reason I chose to contribute to an organisation that's rightly recognised as the ...

AMP Capital appoints operations lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... officer of AMP Limited. Williams, who has served the firm across several roles since joining in 2007, will also take responsibility for AMP Capital's financial matters, as chief financial officer. An AMP spokesperson confirmed AMP Capital would begin ...