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Vale John O'Connell

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
John O'Connell, founder and chief investment officer of the Macquarie Group-owned robo-advice venture Owners Advisory, has passed away at the age of 53. O'Connell had a long and distinguished career at Macquarie, starting as a senior analyst in the ...

Iron magnate makes historic $400m pledge

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
The Australian chair of one of the world's largest iron ore producers recently made the largest ever donation by a living Australian to a range of charitable causes. Fortescue Metals chair Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest, along with his wife Nicola, donated ...

IOOF shifts senior staff to lead Bridges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
Bridges Financial Services will welcome two recruits in the New Year, both taking on newly-created roles. Joining the Bridges leadership team in the role of head of business support is Kate Anderson, currently head of technical services at IOOF. Anderson ...

StatePlus appoints new CEO, boosts board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
StatePlus has appointed a new chief executive. Graeme Arnott has been acting chief executive since the business was acquired by First State Super in June. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer at FSS; he took this role having previously spent ...

New director at QIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Institutional fund manager QIC is welcoming a new director this month. Joining the QIC board for a three-year term is Simone Desmarchelier. She has more than 20 years' experience as an independent adviser in Australia and Europe, specialising in investment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity showed no growth (0%) in August, decelerating from 0.08% in the previous month but the six-month annualised growth rate - indicating the "pace of economic activity ...

Spring FG CEO steps down temporarily

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
Spring Financial Group has appointed an acting chief executive to reduce managing director Keith Cullen's workload while he recovers from recent surgery. Current head of advice services Frank Paul has taken on the interim role, having previous leadership ...

MLC adds to advice partnerships team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
MLC has announced the appointment of its head of practice development. Michael Downey has joined the MLC advice partnerships team, brining nearly 30 years of industry experience. Having commenced the role in late May, Downey is responsible for developing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... Thursday. HONG KONG - Shanghai and Tokyo shares were hit by profit-taking but most other Asian markets rose after a positive US lead as the Nasdaq broke a 15-year-old record high. Tokyo, which hit a 15-year high on Thursday after a three-day rally, slipped ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... retail figures and concerns about global growth. CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the ASX had followed the US lead, while a slide in commodity prices had weighed on resources stocks. Copper prices overnight slumped more than 5% to their lowest ...