In times of crisis, robust fund governance is vital, according to Sarah Cornelius, a Frontier Advisors consultant. She quizzed two fiduciary investors and another Frontier consultant on governance issues during one of last week’s sessions at the annual Frontier conference
Blue Orbit Asset Management, a new Melbourne-based boutique equities manager, has snared a highly regarded specialist chief operating officer, Lewis Bearman, to take on that role with the firm from next week, August 4. He has 34 years of experience
In an overdue attempt to improve how co-mingled superannuation investment categories are presented to the general membership base, David Bell, a former fund manager and fund CIO who now runs the Conexus Institute, has called on the industry to comment
Asset servicing contracts between big super funds and fund managers and their custodian banks are getting increasingly complex. Drew Vaughan, a specialist consultant in the space, recently oversaw a new contract between TelstraSuper and its incumbent provider, J.P. Morgan, in
Melinda Clarke, the much-loved former industry events organiser, passed away on July 12 after a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. More importantly, she was the much-loved wife of Jason Clarke, an investment industry entrepreneur, and the mother to their three young
Yarra Capital, the diversified Melbourne-based equities boutique, is building an impressive and experienced board, with the latest appointment announced last week (July 20). It is Mark Lazberger, who was most recently the chief executive of the former Colonial First State
by David Chaplin AMP Capital cleaned-out its top ranks in Australia last week that included the exit of its well-respected head of real estate, Carmel Hourigan. In a statement, AMP Capital said, along with Hourigan, the leadership shake-out would also
Gabriel Szondy has joined the board of the Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, as chairman, having been the company’s tax and audit advisor for many years when he was a partner at PwC and even after Alcoa moved its headquarters
The industry-owned Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade infrastructure for much of the global financial services industry, has announced its ‘Margin Transit Utility’ (MTU) community has grown to 50 firms representing thousands of ‘credit support annexes’ (CSAs). Users
Comment by Greg Bright Liberal backbenchers Andrew Bragg, a Victorian-born NSW senator, and Tim Wilson, the member for Goldstein in Victoria and, interestingly, a former human rights commissioner, both appear hell-bent on destroying any chance of bipartisanship over Australia’s superannuation
In times of crisis, robust fund governance is vital, according to Sarah Cornelius, a Frontier Advisors consultant. She
Blue Orbit Asset Management, a new Melbourne-based boutique equities manager, has snared a highly regarded specialist chief operating
In an overdue attempt to improve how co-mingled superannuation investment categories are presented to the general membership base,
Asset servicing contracts between big super funds and fund managers and their custodian banks are getting increasingly complex.
Melinda Clarke, the much-loved former industry events organiser, passed away on July 12 after a two-and-a-half-year battle with
Yarra Capital, the diversified Melbourne-based equities boutique, is building an impressive and experienced board, with the latest appointment
by David Chaplin AMP Capital cleaned-out its top ranks in Australia last week that included the exit of
Gabriel Szondy has joined the board of the Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, as chairman, having been the
The industry-owned Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade infrastructure for much of the global financial services
Comment by Greg Bright Liberal backbenchers Andrew Bragg, a Victorian-born NSW senator, and Tim Wilson, the member for
