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AIA Australia appoints CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
AIA Australia chief executive officer Peter Crewe is set to take up a new role based in Hong Kong, A and the insurer will have a new chief executive starting August 1, 2014. AIA Australia general manager of life insurance Damien Mu has been appointed ...

Financial Wisdom to face class action for poor advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... companies' subsidiary Meridien Wealth and could see them facing a claim of more than $200 million. "We have been contacted by a group of Australians who suffered loss at the hands of rogue financial planners employed by Financial Wisdom and its subsidiary ...

Macquarie exec posed as family office to learn secrets

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... vehicle Macquarie Crop Partners, sources said. An email was sent from a Macquarie office in London claiming to be from a group called the Brook Family Office. Using the address [email protected], the email said the fictitious company was considering ...

Don't be afraid of sales, industry funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Industry superannuation funds must embrace a sales culture if they are to compete with retail funds in an increasingly open market, according to Metta Group director and AustralianSuper consultant Clive Wilkinson. Speaking to an audience of not-for-profit ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen made upbeat comments about the American economy. US equity markets recovered some losses after Dr Yellen told Congress overnight that the US economy is on track ...

The Infrastructure Fund looking to add to Port of Newcastle purchase

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... capacity and deliver returns that will boost the retirement savings of working Australians. TIF was formed in 1997 by a group of industry superannuation funds to invest in infrastructure. It has returned more than 16% per annum to unitholders during ...

CBA likely to appoint from within for CIO role

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... Mr Harte's successor will focus on internal candidates," a bank statement said. Harte joined the Commonwealth Bank as a group executive of enterprise IT in April 2006. For the past eight years, he has led the group's technology teams. And for the past ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Australian stocks are giving up many of the week's gains in response to a technology sector driven slide on Wall Street overnight. IG markets strategist Chris Weston said the sell-off in the US was driven by a plunge in tech stocks, which have fallen ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
The share market has opened lower following a selloff on Wall Street overnight. Rivkin global investment manager Tim Radford said US markets finished more than one per cent lower thanks to heavy losses in tech stocks. But, he said, the local market ...

Auction items for FICAP announced

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... 6 adults worth nearly $2,500 amongst other prizes in the silent auction and raffles. FICAP was formed in early 2006 by a group of financial services professionals looking to give back to the community. FICAP's aim is to raise money for charities that ...