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Australian Ethical aiding tech VC sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
Increasing its exposure to Australia's technology start-up realm, Australian Ethical invested in a Sydney-based venture capital fund. The $1.84 billion superannuation fund has contributed a significant investment to Right Click Capital's Growth Fund ...

Industry funds secure stake in QLD airport

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Industry superannuation funds are ensuring their slice of Australia's infrastructure pie, investing in a 99-year lease of the Sunshine Coast Airport via Palisade Investment Partners. Following a competitive tender process comprising 17 domestic and ...

Industry giant retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
Celebrated financial services figure Barry Lambert is retiring from the Class board of directors. Lambert, aged 70, said he is retiring to concentrate on campaign work for greenlight.support, an advocacy group which lobbies for patients to have access ...

Financial advisers losing communication battle

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Embattled financial advisers need to find better ways to communicate their value to clients if they are to remain relevant in an automated world. Speaking at a media roundtable, newly appointed Morningstar chief executive Kunal Kapoor told reporters ...

Five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australian business confidence surges in December but confidence is unmoved. This is the message from the NAB monthly business survey. The business confidence jumped to a reading of 11 in December from 6 in the previous month. The first double-digit ...

Cahill resigns from Club Plus Super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Long-serving Club Plus Superannuation chief executive and director of Club Plus Financial Planning Paul Cahill is resigning from the fund. Cahill was appointed the inaugural chief executive of Club Plus Super and has been chief executive of the NSW ...

MLC shakes up retail leadership team

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
MLC Life Insurance boosted its retail advised business with multiple key appointments. The new retail advised insurance leadership team comprises Russell Hannah as general manager, retail advised insurance sales; Adrienne Cochrane, who joined from AMP ...

HLB appoints director, outlines plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
HLB Mann Judd welcomed a new director and head of its restructuring and risk advisory division in Brisbane. Most recently the head of legal for Standard Bank Group in Hong Kong, Chew Mar joins HLB Mann Judd to oversee the firm's corporate restructuring ...

Government repeats fintech focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Addressing the G20 Conference, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison praised robo-advice and called on other governments to begin considering investing in 'regtech'. Speaking in Wiesbaden, Germany, Morrison told delegates more must be done to evolve and ...

New sales chief for State Street platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
State Street fortified its APAC Currenex team with the appointment of a new Australian vice president, head of sales. Scott Johnson joins the Currenex team and will be responsible for delivering customised access to liquidity sources to corporates ...