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ASX chief announces immediate resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
ASX chief executive and managing director Elmer Funke Kupper has announced his immediate departure. Funke Kupper, who has been ASX chief executive since October 2011, is currently involved in an Australian Federal Police investigation into allegations ...

Fullerton Fund Management appoints head of multi-asset strategies

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
Fullerton Fund Management has appointed Pranay Gupta as head of multi-asset strategies Singapore. Gupta joins Fullerton Fund Management from Lombard Odier and ING Investment Management where he held the position of chief investment officer. Prior to ...

ANZ appoints former Google MD

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
ANZ has appointed a new group executive digital banking. Maile Carnegie joins ANZ from Google, where she was managing director Australia and New Zealand. Prior to that, she was also managing director at Procter & Gamble, where she worked for over 20 ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Last week was a happy one for equity markets with most benchmark indices registering sharp gains at the end of five days of trade. Is it now safe to go back in the waters? Or a dead cat bounce? It happened not so long ago, you know -- when the rebound ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
Perhaps they're right. Yes, them, the experts who see the current global economic and financial backdrop shaping up to be a repeat of 2008. Early in the New Year George Soros made headlines with the CNBC headline: "Soros: It's the 2008 crisis all over ...

CBA result boosted by wealth division

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... of 5% on the prior comparative period. Average assets under management (AUM) increased 6% to $199 billion. While 85% of CFS GAM assets outperformed their three year benchmark, net flows were impacted by investment market volatility with short-term cash ...

CBA says most customers received appropriate advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The fourth update on CBA's Open Advice Review has been released, which the bank said is evidence that the "majority of customers" assessed so far received appropriate advice. The report, prepared by Promontory Financial Group, is based on the nearly ...

AIA and Boost Juice partner for insurance benefits

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
AIA Australia has announced premium discounts for customers who participate in the AIA Vitality program, and has partnered with Boost Juice to deliver further benefits. Designed to reward customers who exercise more or buy healthier foods, the Vitality ...

Colonial First State appoints new alternatives manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... appointed an additional alternatives manager for its FirstChoice multi-sector portfolios following a 2015 mid-year review. GAM will now be responsible for 50% of the FirstChoice defensive alternatives portfolio with incumbent manager Acadian Australia ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
First State Super will be the first superannuation fund to benefit from Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement after announcing a venture capital investment partnership with H2 Ventures today. The super fund expects to deploy about $250 million for ...