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Former Myer Family Company chief joins $1.1bn manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
A $1.1 billion fund manager appointed the former general manager of Myer Family Company as its new chief executive. Mathew Browning will take the reins of ethical fund manager, UCA Funds Management, replacing Michael Walsh, who will retire on 28 February ...

Remembering Kevin Cottrill

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
The long-serving chair of AMIST Super is being remembered for his unwavering advocacy following his passing last weekend. Kevin Cottrill was a director of the $2 billion fund for 22 years, having served as chair for the past 21 years. He passed away ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
Australians all let us rejoice and have ourselves a merry little Christmas! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report shows a sharp jump in employment in November no matter how it's measured. Look at the seasonally adjusted estimates ...

Centrepoint Alliance names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
The chief executive of an IOOF-aligned dealer group will take over leadership of Centrepoint Alliance in 2018. Shadforth Financial Group chief executive Angus Benbow has been named as Centrepoint's new chief executive, commencing April 2018. Benbow ...

What do you want to see in Financial Standard?

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
Next year, Financial Standard plans to improve its news coverage based on the outcome of an annual readership survey released this morning: Readership Survey. While the survey is open until January 19 next year, here are some of the initial findings ...

Platinum sells $24m Asia stake

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
Platinum Investment Management is selling $24 million worth of shares in its Asia listed investment company, the underlying strategy of which was recently rated as one of the top-performing funds of its ilk by Morningstar. Platinum Asia Investments ...

Government expert panel hands down proposed education standards for existing advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
Under the proposed standards released today by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, all existing advisers will be required to make a choice between several different education pathways -and some of their current qualifications may fail ...

Three is the magic number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
And so it came to pass, The Fed delivered! The US central bank lifted the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%-1.50% following its 12-13 December FOMC meeting - as widely expected and telegraphed but more importantly, as the dot plot of December ...

CBA admits to anti-money laundering breaches, AUSTRAC flags new allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
CBA admitted systems glitches have led to it breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws on more than 53,000 occasions, and flagged it is bracing itself for new allegations to be handed down by AUSTRAC. In filings submitted in response ...

J.P. Morgan secures $3.5bn custody mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
Cementing its position as Australia's largest provider of custodial services, J.P. Morgan has won a mandate to manage $3.5 billion in insurance investment assets following a competitive tender process. Genworth Group, which offers mortgage lending insurance ...