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Vanguard appoints new head of investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Vanguard is reshuffling its Asia-Pacific investment team, appointing a new head of investments in the process. Daniel Reyes, currently heading up Vanguard's US advised portfolio solutions team, will take on the role. He replaces Rodney Comegys, who ...

ASIC bans former Avestra directors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... enabled Avestra to act with a systematic and serious disregard of its fiduciary and regulatory obligations." ASIC commissioner John Price added: "The findings of the Federal Court in this matter make very clear that responsible entities are required ...

Henry Morgan creates new global LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
Henry Morgan's investment manager, John Bridgeman, will launch a new global equities listed investment company following the successful oversubscription of another LIC last month. The new LIC, William Kidd Ltd, will be based on a global equities fund ...

Vanguard reduces fees, revises multi-asset strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Vanguard Australia will slash fees across its multi-asset suite and revise the funds' strategic asset allocation for the first time since 2013. From July, five wholesale diversified funds will have management expense ratios reduced to 0.29%. These funds ...

Fund manager appoints new COO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... group accountant at Epic Energy and a senior accountant at MGI, which is now PwC Private Clients. Aurora managing director John Patton said he was "delighted to have secured the services of a very senior and experienced industry professional to Aurora's ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Former Liberal Party leader and chair of the Asset Owners Disclosure Project, John Hewson, believes markets are ignoring a climate-induced crisis far more severe than the one caused by subprime mortgages. Speaking at a Sydney briefing discussing BetaShares' ...

AMP Capital appoints insto business head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... Office Fund. He was also director, capital markets at DTZ in the firm's London, Sydney and Auckland offices. His predecessor, John Meagher, has left the company. Nation's appointment as head of the insto business follows a round of new hires and departures ...

Global manager acquires Australian tech firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... about 50% penetration across Australian specialist medical practices (representing around 3500 businesses). Founders Paul, John and Justin Carr will maintain a minority stake and continue to provide operational support. Paul Carr said he was "delighted ...

Republic Capital chief executive departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Republic Capital's chief executive left the company after four months in the position. Joining in September 2016, and having been chief executive of Resource Super for three years, Tim Baker left Republic Capital in January this year. He has previously ...

Keybridge disputes board spill allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Keybridge Capital strenuously denied that its call to appoint three Keybridge nominees to the board of Molopo Energy constitutes a "board spill." On March 14, Keybridge served a notice to Molopo requesting the latter call a general meeting to allow ...