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BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The $9 trillion manager's Asia Pacific business has a new head as its incumbent moves to a global role. BlackRock's current head of corporate strategy and senior managing director Geraldine Buckingham is taking on the APAC head and chair role. ...

ClearView launches new business, reshuffles executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
ClearView has made three executive promotions coinciding with the launch of a new business offering back-office and compliance services to financial advisers. LaVista Licensee Solutions, a licensing service, will be led by Mike Pope as its chief executive. ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
ASIC has banned a Perth-based adviser after a court found he stole more than $100,000 of superannuation money from his clients. Craig James Wilson was employed by an advice firm that was a representative of the Westpac-controlled licensee Securitor ...

Vamos joins embattled insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Industry stalwart Pauline Vamos is set to become chair of an ASX-listed insurance company which was taken to task during the Royal Commission. Vamos is now a non-executive director on the board of Freedom Insurance Group, the insurer that was admonished ...

AustralianSuper changes property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
AustralianSuper is changing the terms of its property option but says it is not in response to an impending property crash. Starting November 19, Australia's largest super fund will put a 70% cap on the amount that a member can invest in its property ...

AustralianSuper to cut equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The $142 billion superannuation fund is trimming stocks in its default option, as it moves from a growth outlook to a more neutral one. Speaking at a members' forum in Sydney last night, AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney said ...

Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
As talks about a global recession grow louder, financial advisers and investors are repositioning their clients' nest eggs against a market crash or an economic slowdown. In the past fortnight, a JPMorgan quantitative model predicted a 60% chance ...

Australian Unity adds new research lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Australian Unity appointed a new head of research services for its financial advice business. Having served as a senior portfolio manager within Australian Unity's investment team, Ian Holliday will step into the new role on 1 November. He replaces ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Wall Street has fallen! Repeat, Wall Street has fallen! The financial headlines made sure that you, I and Irene are spooked even before Halloween - with accompanying rationales at that. Wall Street plunges as investors seek safety - Sky News Sudden ...

Labor Government on the cards: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
There is a good chance that the Labor Party will win the next election, Financial Standard's readership says. We recently asked our readers which of the following events will likely eventuate in the next 12 months: a global trade war; China going into ...