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Former industry fund CIO leaves Vanguard after seven months

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
The former chief investment officer of Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund has parted ways with Vanguard Australia after just seven months. Mary McLaughlin commenced as senior investment specialist at Vanguard in May, with the fund manager ...

Life insurance M&A outlook gloomy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
Despite the flurry of life insurance business sell offs, a new study found global life insurers are overlooking Australia for superior acquisition opportunities elsewhere in the Asia Pacific. Willis Towers Watson's analysis of merger and acquisitions ...

Former Lehman Brothers chief unveils new asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The creation of a new US asset manager represents former Lehman Brothers chief executive Dick Fuld's most public Wall Street comeback since Lehman's collapse in 2008. Targeting high net worth individuals, family offices and institutions, Matrix Private ...

NAB to simplify operations via job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
About 4000 NAB employees look set to lose their jobs by 2020 as the bank further automates its business. Releasing its full year results, NAB said a reshaping of its workforce would see the creation of 2000 new jobs to 2020, though overall about 6000 ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
The ongoing "cage fight" between active and index managers has a tendency to overshadow some essential tenets of portfolio construction, according to Vanguard investment specialist Mary McLaughlin. McLaughlin spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

QIC appoints investments director from LaSalle

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
QIC has appointed a director, investment specialist to service the group's global real estate clients. Leonie Wilkinson takes on the role having previously been head of client capital group, Australia and New Zealand at LaSalle Investment Management. ...

Global asset manager acquires stake in Aussie driller

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
A global alternatives investment management firm with $120 billion under management will invest a portion of its funds into western-Australian deep directional mineral drilling services company DDH1 Drilling. Oaktree Capital Management, headquartered ...

Senior hires at Northern Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
On the back of announcing Sally Surgeon will head its Sydney operations, Northern Trust is growing its local presence and product offering with an additional three senior hires. Northern Trust hired Simon McDonough as a senior equity program trader ...

Family offices partner for major US acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
Australian and US sophisticated investors partnered to acquire a suite of large-scale multifamily real estate assets in the US. The Domus Multifamily Real Estate Fund (Domus), along with Los Angeles-based Geringer Capital and Australian private wealth ...

Industry stars recognised at 2017 MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
A record number turned out for the 22nd annual Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence Awards last night, recognising Australia's leading individuals and organisations in the financial services industry. The MAX Awards recognised ...