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Institute appoints super head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia has appointed Liz Westover as head of superannuation. Prior to joining the institute, Westover was senior manager, superannuation division at KPMG, responsible for consulting on corporate funds, companies ...

Health Super hires governance chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
The $7 billion industry super fund Health Super has appointed Gary McGrath to the role of chief governance officer. The position is a newly created one for the fund. McGrath will report directly to Health Super chief executive, Chris Clausen. Prior ...

Managed accounts firm ramps up ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... example among other issues," he said. Dalton said the Brisbane-based firm signed the UN PRI in June. "We've adopted the charter at a business level, rather than just a single portfolio," said Dalton. "It helps from an ESG perspective right across the ...

VicSuper wins ACCA sustainability award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
VicSuper has been announced the winner of ACCA's annual Sustainability Reporting Awards. VicSuper received the top nod in three categories; Best Sustainability Report, Best SME Report and Best Report in the Financial Service sector awards at the recent ...

Mercer's self employed advice strategy falls short

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Mercer Wealth Solutions' strategy to sign self-employed financial planning practices has netted only two practices in a year, well short of the expected 12 practices flagged last year. Mercer Wealth Solutions launched its self-employed financial planning ...

QSuper bulks senior investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
QSuper has appointed former QIC head of portfolio design, Damian Lillicrap, as head of strategy and Herbert Chang as head of capital markets. Lillicrap and Chang, together with head of funds management Charles Woodhouse complete the roster of senior ...

Yellow Brick Road drops acquisition strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Yellow Brick Road, the financial planning business developed by Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris, has dumped its acquisition strategy for an organic growth branch model - with the aim to open 150 practices in three years. Bouris said the business' ...

IFSA appoints Brogden as CEO

IFSA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... insurance. "I also look forward to delivering the reforms that IFSA will be adopting as part of the Superannuation Member Charter which was released last month," Brogden concluded.

Rejoice or lament

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
Water...water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. A thousand and one economic data and indicators were released overnight but all we got is more of the same - green shoots. American and European equities closed stronger last night, this time seeing ...

Charter needs legislative backing: ISN

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The Industry Super Network welcomed IFSA's Super Charter but added the association's response needs legislative and regulatory backing. The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) released the Super Charter which outlines a new way to pay ...