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New NAB chief start date announced

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
NAB has announced Ross McEwan will take the reins as the group's new chief executive before the year's end. Ross McEwan will step down from his role as chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland on October 31 and commence as chief of NAB onDecember ...

Industry fund appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
A $69 billion industry superannuation fund has appointed a former State Street Global Advisors executive as its new chief executive. Sunsuper has hired Bernard Reilly in the role, making him the fourth chief executive in the fund's 32-year-long ...

Senate secures members' interest changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Insurance in superannuation is now opt-in only for new members under the age of 25 and those with low account balances, after the government's Putting Members' Interests First super reforms passed through the Senate yesterday. The Senate passed ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... conviction that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again when it meets on the first Tuesday of October - taking the official cash rate to a new record low of 0.75%. The All Ordinaries index gained 0.5% and the yield on 10-year ...

Chief economist update: Future path of fed funds rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
Two down, none to go! There was division at the Fed - one official wanted a 50 bps rate cut; two wanted the target rate maintained - but after all was said and done, they were outvoted by the majority of seven (led by Fed chair Powell) which didn't ...

Departures on Aberdeen Standard fixed income team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Two experienced investors have left Aberdeen Standard Investments' $4.8 billion Australian fixed income team and the manager is now flying in support from London and recruiting for a new credit investor. Jasmin Argyrou, investment director on Australian ...

Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
The Putting Members' Interests First superannuation reforms are almost through parliament. The House of Representatives moved to pass the Putting Members' Interests First bill on Monday, making insurance in super opt-in only for under-25s. The bill ...

Pinnacle ramps up distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Pinnacle is expanding its distribution team with a new appointment from JCP Investment Partners. Wes Campbell will be joining Pinnacle as director, distribution. He was most recently executive director and head of business development at JCP Investment ...

Centuria reveals new fund manager

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Centuria Property Funds has appointed Jesse Curtis as fund manager of Centuria Industrial REIT. Curtis will take over from current fund manager, Ross Lees, who was recently promoted to head of funds management for the wider Centuria real estate platform. ...

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
Freeze frame. Financial markets the world over would be in a sort of suspended animation as they await the conclusion of the US Federal Reserve's September FOMC meeting. This time, there's no "will they, won't they" question to be answered ...