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MAX finalists named, voting open

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
The finalists for the 16th annual Financial Standard MAX Awards have been announced, with voting now open until May 30. The Financial Standard MAX Awards highlight individuals, teams and organisations in the financial services industry excelling in ...

HESTA hires former Vanguard head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
HESTA, the $60 billion industry fund for the health and community services sector, has made a key appointment within its investments team. Stephen Howard has been appointed general manager, defensives. He was the head of fixed income for Asia Pacific ...

"Financial" in BFID is no big deal: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
A UNSW academic says subjecting superannuation funds to "best financial interest duty" instead of just "best interest duty" is not material, but BFID's flow-on effects will be concerning for trustees. University of New South Wales director for centre ...

Lowy-backed Assembly acquires childcare centres

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
The Lowy Family Group backed Assembly Funds Management has acquired six early learning centres in North West Sydney. The acquisition is in partnership with Harrington Property Funds Management and will see the six childcare centres operated by Young ...

Frontier hires from Cbus

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
Frontier has hired a senior portfolio manager from Cbus to lead its alternatives and derivatives team. Scott Pappas was most recently at Cbus as a senior portfolio manager in absolute return strategies. Prior to this, he worked as a part of Vanguard's ...

Investment Trends names new head of research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
Investment Trends has announced a new head of research as Recep Peker steps down to support the business in an advisory capacity. Irene Guiamatsia will step into the role, bringing two decades of experience spanning academia, market research and financial ...

Money does buy happiness: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
Despite the well-known saying to the contrary, new research suggests money does in fact buy happiness. A study conducted by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in the US found that while personal wellbeing does not increase above ...

TAL continues successful FASEA course

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Life insurer TAL has launched another round of its FASEA exam masterclass, which aims to prep financial advisers for the exam. The masterclass, run through TAL Risk Academy, has proven very popular with TAL noting it is one of the most attended courses ...

Lack of diversity major business risk: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Racial and ethnic inequity is a systemic risk that "threatens lives, companies, communities, and our economy", according to one of the largest global fund managers. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) president and chief executive Cyrus Taraporevala ...

Franklin Templeton promotes executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Franklin Templeton has promoted two of its key executives and announced the launch of a research hub. The US$1.5 trillion asset manager named Stephen Dover, currently Franklin Templeton Investments' head of equities, as the market strategist and ...