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Three AMP directors step down

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Three non-executive directors have chosen to resign from AMP's board. While Patty Akopiantz will serve until the end of the year, Vanessa Wallace and Holly Kramer will step down from the board ahead of AMP's annual general meeting. Wallace will also ...

CFA Institute begins Australian chief executive search

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The organisation representing Australian member societies of the CFA Institute has begun the search for its inaugural chief executive officer. CFA Societies Australia has engaged global executive search firm Alexander Hughes to assist with the appointment ...

Blue Sky chair steps down amid business restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... directors other than interim managing director Kim Morison will also be replaced. This includes chief investment officer Alex McNab, who retires effective immediately. The restructure of the business will involve reviewing all business units to ensure ...

InvestSMART to launch active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
InvestSMART will launch an initial public offering for an actively-managed equity income ETF on May 14. The InvestSMART Australian Equity Income Fund (managed fund), trading under the ticker code INIF, will mirror InvestSMART's Australian Equity Income ...

David Murray becomes AMP chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
AMP has named Financial System Inquiry overseer and former CBA chief executive David Murray as its new chair. He will take on the role after AMP's annual general meeting in July, at which point executive chair Mike Wilkins will return to the position ...

OneVue appoints new Super Services COO from KPMG

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
OneVue's funds administration arm is welcoming a new chief operating officer. Melissa Gomes joins OneVue from KPMG, where she was associate director of superannuation advisory risk consulting. Prior to that, she held three roles at the Harwood Superannuation ...

S&P to remove ASX healthcare firm from index

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
An ASX-listed healthcare firm, currently subject to a potential class action by shareholders which include major Australian asset managers, will be removed from the ASX 200 pending acquisition by a US company. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Sirtex Medical ...

CBA finds no evidence of customer data breach

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Following an investigation by KPMG, the Commonwealth Bank said no evidence was found that customer information was compromised when two magnetic tapes went missing in 2016. The tapes in question contained customer names, addresses, account numbers and ...

NAB to divest MLC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
NAB plans to exit the majority of its wealth management operations, including divestment of Australia's largest retail MySuper product. While the bank will continue to service high-net-worth clients via JBWere, it is shedding the rest of its wealth ...

Venerable US manager eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
A US-based global investment manager with about $226 billion in assets is opening its first Australian office. American Century Investments, established in 1958, has expanded into Sydney and appointed Michelle Kidd as vice president, institutional advisory ...