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ASIC to examine super fund and employer connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
ASIC confirmed it will look further into the links between superannuation funds and employers in 2019. ASIC said one of its 2019 priorities is to examine the relationship between superannuation funds and employers, who assume great responsibility in ...

Sydney residential property slumps

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
Sydney residential property was hit hard in 2018, as house prices slid nationally to end the year with the biggest decline quarter on quarter since 2008, according to CoreLogic. Sydney dwellings values fell 8.9% over the year and total returns were ...

Count Financial seeks new GM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
The general manager of Commonwealth Bank-owned dealer group Count Financial has resigned. A spokesperson for Commonwealth Bank confirmed Ed Box has left the licensee to pursue a retail banking opportunity outside of CBA Group. Hugh Humphrey, CBA executive ...

Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
Retail investors predict the trajectory of the local share market will be flat in 2019, but expect to be rewarded with modest returns, Investment Trends' latest survey shows. The 2195 investors canvassed in the monthly Investor Intentions Index ...

Blue Sky appoints CFO

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
Blue Sky Alternative Investments is still searching for a chief executive and a chief risk officer, but it begins 2019 with a new chief financial officer as it reboots its executive lineup. Elizabeth Walker starts as Blue Sky Alternative Investments' ...

JPMAM global fixed income CIO exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's international chief investment officer of the global fixed income, currency and commodities (GFICC) group has departed after nine years. Nicholas Gartside was the co-manager of multi-sector fixed income products and ...

Saxo chief departs for BT

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
The chief executive of Saxo Capital Markets in Australia will depart for a role at one of the country's largest wealth management firms. Ben Smoker will join BT Financial Group in January as a director in the firm's private wealth services division. ...

Andrew Boal departs Willis Towers Watson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
After about 30 years at Willis Towers Watson, Andrew Boal has left the business and his successor has been named. Willis Towers Watson said Boal decided to leave the business, with Australasian operations now being streamlined to better align with the ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... though it might be a slow burn. Speaking at the G20 forum in Buenos Aires last month, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) chief executive Fiona Reynolds said too many investors are not fully integrating sustainability issues in their investment ...

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
The accounts of about 11,000 AustralianSuper members have been the target of a security breach. Australia's largest superannuation fund, with about 2.2 million members, said it has detected the "unauthorised access," which occurred earlier this ...