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Findex appoints former ANZ exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Findex has appointed a new global head of business development. Peter Gardiner joins the advice group from ANZ, where he was head of origination, corporate bank. Commenting on the appointment, Findex chief executive Spiro Paule said, "Peter has deep ...

VFMC appoints new chairman

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) recently appointed James MacKenzie as a director and chairman of the board. MacKenzie currently serves as a director of Melco Crown Entertainment; Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corporation; Maurice Blackburn ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Labor and the Coalition are opposing renewed calls from Greens senators for a Royal Commission into financial advice and financial institutions. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson filed a notice of motion on Tuesday calling on the government "to establish ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... the market's gain. "Obviously, there's speculation that there might be an interest rate cut, especially after what the NZ Bank did yesterday," Quay Equities head of trading Tristan K'Nell said. New Zealand's Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler surprised ...

Medcraft backs national adviser exam

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has come out in support of a new national exam for financial advisers. Medcraft backed the proposal in an op-ed published in the Australian Financial Review. "I strongly ...

Capital Group expands retail sales team

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
Capital Group has recruited two more experienced executives to bolster its retail distribution strategy in Australia. Scott Baker and Nigel Waugh have been appointed as key account managers, joining Jorden Brown, who was appointed head of wholesale ...

Questions raised about ANZ and Timbercorp

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
The Senate Economics Committee inquiry into forestry managed investment schemes heard victims of Timbercorp point to the failed scheme's relationship with ANZ Banking Group. "The evidence presented at the first hearing of the Senate inquiry in forestry ...

Folkestone beefs up distribution

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
Property fund manager Folkestone Funds Management has appointed a new head of distribution and a business development manager (BDM). New distribution head Michael Baker joins from Property Capital Partners, which provides capital raising, product development ...

IFM warns against foreign ownership of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The liquidity requirements of Australian superannuation funds will discourage them from investing in Australian infrastructure, meaning more assets will be bought by foreign investors, IFM Investors has warned. In its submission to the Financial System ...

Morningstar launches stewardship ratings in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Independent investment research Morningstar Australasia has launched stewardship ratings for Australian and New Zealand stocks. The ratings assess a firm's stewardship of shareholder capital as exemplary, standard, or poor. In the initial allocations ...