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icare board appoints Willment

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
Mercer Australia chief investment officer Kylie Willment has joined the board of workplace insurer, icare. Willment is a new non-executive director, joining alongside Viriginia Malley who is currently deputy chair of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation ...

Pinnacle acquires third-party distributor

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Pinnacle Investment Management Group is acquiring 100% of a third-party distributor working with boutique fund managers. Winston Capital Partners gives Pinnacle on-the-ground representation for the first time in Western Australia, the firm said. Upon ...

YFYS spurs half to change asset mix

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... decisions of investment committees, asset consultants and consequently asset allocation going forward. PIMCO head of Australia Robert Mead said that diversification remains as relevant as ever and that it is the "only free lunch" in investing. "Investors ...

Maritime Super criticises unfair YFYS test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
Ahead of the results of the inaugural Your Future, Your Super performance test, the chief executive of Maritime Super has aired concerns over the implications of communicating with members where their fund has underperformed, particularly where that ...

AFMA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... over from David Lynch, who is retiring from AFMA after 25 years of service. He has been chief since 2012. AFMA board chair Robert Bedwell said Harper brings a vast amount of experience in wholesale markets with a focus on risk management and regulatory ...

KiwiSaver, NZ Super Fund architect remembered

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
The man credited with spearheading the creation of KiwiSaver and the NZ Super Fund, Sir Michael Cullen, is being remembered as one of New Zealand's most influential politicians. The New Zealand government announced today the passing of Sir Michael Cullen ...

Halifax auditor to cough up fines

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... Investment Services have been slapped with criminal charges and will pay up to $40,000. In a first for Australia's audit sector, Robert James Evett and EC Audit (formerly Bentleys NSW Audit) have been convicted by the Commonwealth Director of Public ...

Custody assets reach new heights

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... surged 7.1% ($576.8 billion) and State Street which saw substantial growth of 18.2% ($544.5 billion). ACSA chief executive Robert J Brown believes the surge can be attributed to valuation impacts and ongoing confidence in the services provided by the ...

MSCI acquires Real Capital Analytics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... fourth quarter, of 2021, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Real Capital Analytics founder Robert White said: "MSCI is a natural home for Real Capital Analytics since our primary goal has always been to bridge the information ...

News Corp grows Dow Jones with acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... digital business that we are convinced will have a positive impact on Dow Jones and News Corp," News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson said. "We certainly believe OPIS and Dow Jones will be more than the sum of their valuable parts. Dow Jones is ideally ...