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Rejected TPD claims deemed fair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
An independent review of 141 rejected TPD claims has cleared BT Financial Group of any wrongdoing. The review, conducted by an independent law firm with oversight from EY, confirmed that none of the 141 Total and Permanent Disability claims made over ...

ASIC takes Westpac to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
A battle over the definition of personal and general financial advice will play out in the Federal Court following ASIC's decision to bring civil proceedings against Westpac subsidiaries. The corporate regulator is alleging Westpac Securities Administration ...

Top 10 executive appointments in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... a similar role at BT Financial Group before that, and has also held senior positions at Securitor and AMP. 4. AMP Capital COO made redundant in restructure AMP Capital made a C-suite executive's role redundant as it reshuffled its leadership team to ...

Regal FM COO to depart

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... Management's chief operating officer will leave the company this month following a transition period. Stephen Baldwin became Regal's COO in 2012, having previously been a quantitative portfolio manager there. Prior to Regal, he was a senior software ...

Brandon Capital to build largest Commonwealth VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Brandon Capital will lead a group of venture capital firms tasked with managing the government's $500 million Biomedical Translation Fund (BTF). Brandon Capital will drive the development of its life sciences fund, the Medical Research Commercialisation ...

Carwardine to undergo external advice review

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Carwardine Financial Services will undergo an independent external review of its compliance after ASIC surveillance identified a number of concerns. ASIC's surveillance concluded in September 2016 and identified a number of issues with Carwardine's ...

VFMC COO jumps ship to new GSAM company

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... Management business. GSAM's new Australian equities business, soon to be announced, has appointed Brett Davidson as its new COO. Of the new role, he said: "I'm pleased to have joined Dion [Hershan] and the team as we move towards a relaunch of the business ...

JCB fund added to Macquarie Wrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
The Jamieson Coote Bonds active Australian Bond strategy is now available via the Macquarie Wrap platform. Distributed by Channel Capital, the CC JCB Active Bond Fund is the retail version of JCB's wholesale strategy. Commenting on the fund, Channel ...

FPA philanthropic arm donates $147k

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Future2 has given more than $147,000 in grants this year to community not-for-profit organisations with programs designed to help young Australians. The total sum is up about 30% from last year's $115,000 grants. This year's recipients were selected ...

Blackstone acquires US$748m portfolio

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Blackstone has purchased a portfolio of 16 US multifamily apartment assets for US$748 million. Purchased from SPIRE CAPITAL, the sale is part of SPIRE's progressive exit of the underlying US ROC II fund managed by SPIRE's US private equity real estate ...