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Industry seizes China FTA opportunities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... Chinese currency bond, aiming to raise, according to a report in the Australian Financial Review, as much as $400 million. NSW Premier Mike Baird said: "NSW Treasury Corporation is always looking for opportunities to diversify its investor base, and ...

Financial services Australia's largest industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... found that "booming growth" in New South Wales financial services is making that state the fastest growing in Australia. In NSW financial services accounts for 11.5% of gross state product (GSP) and is the fastest growing state in Australia, while in ...

Australian Catholic Super names new CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Limited, Papua New Guinea's public sector pension fund. Block has previously worked at FuturePlus Financial Services, WorkCover NSW and the University of New South Wales endowment fund. He will join ACSRF on 8 December, and there will be a two-week handover ...

Share trader jailed over $260,000 fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... William John Jones will serve 10 months before being eligible for parole. He told the told the investors, who lived in the NSW Central Coast, that he had set up a safe share trading investment scheme that would provide them with reliable returns of between ...

Surge in Australian-educated FM professionals heading OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... were among the top countries represented in continental Europe," noted analysis released by eVestment. The analysis confirmed NSW as the centre of funds management in Australia as it attracted almost all graduates educated in NSW universities as well ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... aside from as assistant treasurer in March while he faced questions from the Independent Commission Against Corruption in NSW. His future remains unclear. Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen called the mix-up a "farce". "The government shouldn't be putting ...

Significant Investor Visa changes to boost venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... improve visa processing times and an increase in the residency requirement for secondary SIV applicants to 180 days per year. NSW sponsored applicants were relieved of the requirement to invest 30% of their money into Waratah bonds from 1 September. ...

Former JBWere acting CEO joins Impact Investing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... Madhavan spent 12 years at wealth management firm JBWere, working in a range of roles including investment advisor, head of NSW, chief operating officer and, most recently, acting chief executive. Impact Investing Australia chair and co-founder Rosemary ...

Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair appointed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... AFA representatives will include AFA chief executive Brad Fox, Centrepoint Alliance chief executive John de Zwart and AFA NSW State Director Jeff Thurecht. A public report on the group's initial findings will be released in mid-December and a final report ...

LGS appoints new property portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... Partners. Armstrong will be responsible for managing LGS' Local Government Property Fund (LGPF), an unlisted fund comprising of NSW property assets across the commercial, retail and industrial sectors. He has previously held property management roles ...