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Perpetual appoints board director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
Perpetual Limited has appointed chairman of the Reach Foundation and PricewaterhouseCoopers veteran, Paul Brasher, to its board. Brasher's appointment is effectively immediately. He is currently chairman of the Reach Foundation, a board member of the ...

Under 30s shine in Future Leaders Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... that just as good advice improves quality of life - bad advice can wreak havoc," he said. He spoke of IFSA's Super Member Charter that will mandate members to move to a transparent fee-based model for financial advice from July next year - the same model ...

ARIA appoints portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
The $15.9 billion ARIA has appointed Martin McComish as portfolio manager, listed international equities. McComish has over 15 years experience working in a range of roles, including at Commonwealth Funds Management (CFM) and Total Risk Management (TRM) ...

Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
The way super funds appoint their trustee boards and disclose boardroom decisions such as investment strategy and pay are starting to look out-of-date and out-of-touch as more super funds become open to the public, said a superannuation expert. Liz ...

FIIG hires ex-Goldman Sachs exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
FIIG Securities has appointed former Goldman Sachs fixed income executive Simon Ward as associate director in fixed income sales, based in its Sydney office. In his new role, Ward will be responsible for buying and selling the full range of fixed-income ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger after world markets jumped partly on the strength of the rise in official interest rates in Australia on Tuesday. Commodity prices rose overnight, too. At 0727 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

AXA announces Value of Advice winners

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... understood their situation, considered various options and enriched their financial wellbeing," said national manager AXA and Charter Financial Planning, Paul Williams. Williams said in evaluating the winners AXA was not necessarily looking for the smartest ...

CFA appoints Gunasingham as president

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... aims to promote the highest ethical and professional standards within the investment industry. Gunasingham earned her CFA charter in 2002 and has been actively been involved with the society since early 2003. She is a speaker on the CFA Institute Global ...

Perth fund manager gets wind up orders

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
ASIC has obtained court orders to wind up Perth-based Finchley Central Funds Management for failing to comply with its obligations under the law. On 22 September 2009, ASIC obtained orders from the Federal Court in Perth to wind up Finchley Central ...

Temasek seeks more Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... managers with a focus on Asia should pay attention to the $160 billion Temasek Holdings, which recently flagged a new charter that would open its mandate book to more Asian and emerging markets fund managers. The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has ...