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Suncorp begins life business optimisation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... "conservative approach to setting assumptions has resulted in minimal impacts to [lapse and claims] experience." In an analyst briefing this morning Suncorp said life business retention is stable and winning new business remains challenging. Overall ...

Lazard hires former Bennelong CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... was director and co-head of equities at ING Investment Management, having been a portfolio manager and senior investment analyst before that. Cuddy was also an investment analyst at NRMA Investment Management and an equity analyst at Westpac Investment ...

Russell appoints senior analyst

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Global asset manager Russell Investments appointed former BT Financial Group senior investment analyst Jane Williams to its global research team. Williams, who spent seven years with BTFG, joined Russell in January as a senior manager research analyst ...

Rainmaker hires former CIFR chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... scholar at the Investment Company Institute in Washington DC. Prior to his academic career, Gallagher was a financial analyst at Willis Towers Watson in the asset consulting division. Rainmaker Group managing director Christopher Page said he was pleased ...

Financial advisers losing communication battle

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... regulatory environments as one of the big trends to watch globally. Kapoor first joined Morningstar in 1997 as a data analyst, and has been president since October 2015. He also served as director of Mutual Fund Research, as part of the team that launched ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Investors who try and predict macroeconomics as a source of alpha rather than focusing on long term trends will suffer in the long term. AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker told the Financial Standard Chief Economists ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Yes people, we are now staring at Dow 20,000! For sure, the Dow as an equity market measure is flawed and that in terms of market and economic fundamentals, this means diddly-squat. However, in the world of technical analysts, this is the mark where ...

Challenger names fixed income head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... Australian business. He also worked at Credit Suisse for more than 13 years, though he began his career in 1993 as a financial analyst with Westpac. Commenting on the appointment, Challenger's chief executive of funds management, Ian Saines said: "Victor's ...

QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... record working in the sector. Prior to her role with the Queensland Government, Molinari worked as a responsible investment analyst at Sarasin & Partners. She also completed consultancy work with Willis Towers Watson and a research fellowship with the ...

ASIC calls time on super disclosure exemption

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
In preparation for the July 1 deadline, ASIC notified Australian super fund trustees that employer subplans will no longer be exempt from disclosure requirements. Under the current arrangements, employer subplans within super funds, which allow corporates ...