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State Street appoints international chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... report directly to State Street chief executive and president Ron O'Hanley, as well as join the company's management committee and its senior-most strategy and policy group, the company said. O'Hanley said he is delighted to welcome Aristeguieta to the ...

APRA to boost staff numbers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... around 100 more permanent staff after its funding boost. In a planned statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, APRA chair Wayne Byres revealed the prudential regulator is looking to hire 100 more permanent staff and hinted at a new enforcement ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
The lion's share of the institutional mandates awarded in Australia last year went to international equities and alternatives manager, the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report shows. Not-for-profit superannuation funds and investment managers handed ...

Banks push to leave vertical integration on the table

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
Despite moving in the opposite direction for some time, Australia's banks want to leave the door ajar for a return to the much maligned vertical integration model. As the Senate Standing Committees on Economics probe a Pauline Hanson bill looking to ...

Corporate superannuation fund hunts new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... three terms of three years. He is the former long-serving chair of AvSuper, having joined as chair of its investment committee in 1993 and then became chair of the board from 1995. Leggo left AvSuper to take up the post of independent chair at TelstraSuper ...

Chief economist update: Two indicators giving the Fed a headache

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... employment? Let's hear from the horse's mouth, "In the FOMC's March 2019 Summary of Economic Projections, Committee participants' estimates of the longer-run normal rate of unemployment ranged from 4-4.6% and had a median value of 4.3%." ...

KPMG partner moves to GROW Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... Gee currently serves as the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) New South Wales state executive committee member. He previously worked at Colonial First State and AMP. GROW chief executive Joshua Wilson said Gee's appointment is ...

Rice Warner names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... held a number of roles in the superannuation and actuaries industries; this includes serving as QSuper's investment committee chair from January 2009 to June 2013. Since October 2016, Rice has been a trustee director of StatePlus. He is also a former ...

NZ Super responds to Australian social media laws

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... agrees that action needs to be taken in this area, consultation was required. These laws should have been subject to the committee process." Atlassian co-founder and co-chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes tweeted upon the passing of the laws: "Sad to ...

Industry fund adds board directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... project management, strategic planning and communications. He is also a member of CareSuper's member and employer services committee. Linda Scott is Sydney's deputy Lord Mayor and has joined the CareSuper board as a member representative director. She ...