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AIA appoints New Zealand head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Life insurer AIA has named the person to replace Wayne Besant as chief executive for its New Zealand business. Former AIA Australia chief group insurance officer Natalie Cameron commences in the role on 8 June. Besant, meanwhile, is heading to South ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
PM Capital chairman and chief investment officer Paul Moore always wanted to be a stock picker. He bought his first shares in Blue Metal Industries (later taken over by Boral) while he was still at school and then bought Carlton & United Breweries while ...

QIC inks $1bn infrastructure deal with CalPERS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
QIC has formed a $1 billion Asia-Pacific infrastructure partnership with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), one of the largest public pension funds in the United States. Under the terms of the arrangement, QIC will source ...

CFA Societies wants industry professionals to swear oath

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
CFA Societies Australia says financial services professionals should take a "personal oath of integrity" to guard against the sorts of dubious practices that led to the financial crisis and the recent financial planning scandals. In an open letter to ...

Instos demanding multi-asset alternative strategies

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Institutions' demand for alternative multi-asset real return strategies presents a cross-border opportunity for both Australian fund managers offshore and overseas fund managers at home. That was the conclusion reached by Perpetual following its recent ...

ASIC bans convicted broker

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
ASIC has banned a mortgage broker from engaging in credit activities and from providing financial services for 10 years following her conviction for loan fraud. In September 2014 and following an ASIC investigation, Shashi Kanta Prasad, also known as ...

AMP winds up property fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
AMP Capital has completed its wind up of the AMP Capital Property Income Fund with the sale of the Yass Highway Service Centre for around $23 million. At its peak the fund, which had a 10-year fixed term, owned 42 properties throughout Australia. In ...

HUB24 and GPS Wealth launch managed accounts platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
HUB24 and independent licensee GPS Wealth have launched a new white label managed accounts platform. The platform, branded CAREportfolio, spans super, pension and investments, and provides a complete managed account and wrap offering for all its member ...

Senior execs complain of stagnant careers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
A staggering 86% of senior accounting and finance executives believe their career prospects have stagnated, according to a research paper by national recruitment company axr. The findings are contained in CFgrOw authored by axr director Brad Eisenhuth. ...

ASIC and RBA issue property bubble warning

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Grag Medcraft says the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets look a lot like bubbles. "I am quite worried about the Sydney and Melbourne property markets. In housing, the long-term average ...