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Morningstar executive joins JANA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
Morningstar's former director of risk management in Asia Pacific has been appointed as a consultant in JANA's operational consulting team. Eleanor Cheng has over 15 years' experience in operational risk management and prior to joining Morningstar was ...

Former Franklin Templeton retail head finds new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
The former head of retail business for AMP Capital and Franklin Templeton has landed a new in business development at a fund manager. Manuel Damianakis has been appointed senior business development manager at Cooper Investors. He confirmed to Financial ...

Perpetual AUM climbs, hires in UK

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
Perpetual has recorded a $6 billion increase in total assets under management, reaching $95.3 billion and has made a raft of appointments to its ESG investment manager Trillium Asset Management. International AUM grew 8% over the March quarter, inclusive ...

Senate report on YFYS reforms delayed

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
The senate economic committee's report on Your Future, Your Super reforms has been delayed by a week, as superannuation funds await specifics ahead of the proposed July 1 start date. The senate economics legislation committee, chaired by Liberal senator ...

Commissions likely to stay: Hume

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
The coalition has hinted that it will not eradicate commissions paid on life insurance products, acknowledging that financial advisers' bottom line has struggled since the introduction of the Life Insurance Framework reforms. While the government's ...

Chief economist update: Bank of Canada walks the talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
Browse through recent monetary policy statements released by many central banks around the world and you'll notice a central theme - economic recovery starting this year powered by vaccinations, eased restrictions (in some countries), adaptation ...

Life industry to launch framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The life insurance industry is developing a Professional Standards Framework for all claims and underwriting professionals, with support from the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF). The framework is being developed ...

Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The federal government will fold the 2022 Life Insurance Framework Review into the Quality of Advice Review, taking over the responsibilities from ASIC. The Quality of Advice Review will consider the LIF Review as part of its wider mandate, Minister ...

JANA chief investment officer resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
After 23 years with JANA, chief investment officer Steven Carew has resigned. He announced he would leave the firm in December 2021 to pursue other interests. A replacement for Carew has not yet been announced, with JANA saying it will use the remaining ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
The federal government's debt levels soared 420% over the last 25 years, shifting Australia up two notches on the rankings of an index to 13 th place. According to the inaugural Janus Henderson's Sovereign Debt Index, the federal government ...