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State Street appoints international chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
State Street has hired Citigroup's Asia chief executive as the new chief executive of its international business. Francisco Aristeguieta will be responsible for the company's business outside of US including strategy, client engagement, talent, growth ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... year with CNY2.0T [US$298 billion] in tax cuts announced, including a 3% cut to top bracket VAT rate. Raised local government special bond issuance to CNY2.15T from CNY1.3T last year to aid infrastructure investment. Signaled looser liquidity stance ...

Deputy chief executive departs industry fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... Print Super - will be replaced by Tony Griffin. Griffin was previously chief operations officer of $11 billion Local Government Super. Media Super confirmed Griffin will assume his new post in April. In a statement, the fund said Rooney was instrumental ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... benefits to households from continued government spending on disability, health and aged care services. "State and local government expenditure increased 1.1% driven by rises in non-employee expenses," it said. The contribution from inventories last ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... year with CNY2.0T [US$298 billion] in tax cuts announced, including a 3% cut to top bracket VAT rate. "Raised local government special bond issuance to CNY2.15T from CNY1.3T last year to aid infrastructure investment. Signaled looser liquidity stance ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... until Wednesday, April 10. Last year, the scholarships went to Natalie Kalouche, head of legal and compliance at Local Government Super; Miriam Herold, head of managed fund research at IOOF; Amy Teh, national manager, strategy and implementation at Colonial ...

Australian Ethical adds operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... of chief technology and operations officer for six months. Prior to this, Heng was head of IT and projects at Local Government Super for more than seven years. She has also held a number of roles at FuturePlus Financial Services. Australian Ethical managing ...

Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... mandates followed by AustralianSuper, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund, Equipsuper and WA Local Government Super. On the flip side, INVESCO, Partners Group, Mesirow and Firetrail won the most mandates. Tying for fifth place was ...

Local Government Super chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
The chief executive of Local Government Super, David Smith, has resigned less than two years in the role. Smith joined the $11 billion superannuation fund in September 2017. LGS confirmed that deputy chief executive Donna Heffernan will take the top ...

Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... Hostplus. Life cycle products saw a median return of 1%, with the top five funds comprising QSuper, First State, Local Government Super, TASPLAN, and Virgin Money. The top five personal products for the timeframe were those offered by Media Super, NGS ...