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Nuveen bolsters APAC team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
The $1 trillion investment manager is strengthening its presence in the Asia Pacific region with several senior appointments and changes to its leadership team. Nuveen managing director Louise Kavanagh is taking on the dual role of head of funds management ...

Industry fund promotes for GM role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... off his career at AMP in 1989. From there, he went on to hold senior roles with Citigroup Australia, Tower Australia (now TAL) and ING. Madden has been with Rest since September of last year, joining from iCare where he had worked as a consultant for ...

Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
Online searches for 'financial advice' by Australians increased by 18% last year to 14,800 in average monthly searches compared to 2019, according to Allan Gray research on search and engagement trends. Average monthly searches for 'financial advice' ...

Risk inflows stay flat

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... largest falls from BT/Westpac (-20.8%) and AIA (-10.1%). These were however, offset partially by increased inflows reported by TAL (15.7%) and ClearView (7.9%). "With the exception of ClearView, all these results were mainly driven by changes in their ...

QBE appoints local chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
The ASX-listed insurer has hired Westpac's managing director for insurance as its new chief executive for Australia and Pacific division. Sue Houghton will join QBE in the Sydney-based role in August. Houghton is currently Westpac's managing director ...

Iron Man launches VC funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
Actor Robert Downey Jr has launched two venture capital funds that invest in technological solutions that tackle environmental challenges. FootPrint Coalition Ventures comprises two funds - an early-stage Series A and late-stage Series B - led by Downey ...

Lakehouse Capital adds return-to-work appointment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
The $640 million equities manager has temporarily added a former Anacacia Capital investment director to its team, as a part of its its return to work program for professionals returning to the workforce after extended absence. Antonella Petrella is ...

Super fund ESG targets lack clarity: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Superannuation funds need to set clear, transparent emissions reduction targets for their investment portfolios that are based on metrics that can be compared across the industry, according to recommendations from the Australasian Centre for Corporate ...

Gender diversity has a way to go: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
Only 10 publicly listed companies in Australia have made it onto the Bloomberg 2021 Gender-Equality Index (GEI), despite a record number of companies that disclosed data. From financial services, companies that made the index include Commonwealth Bank ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
A new year, a new administration but its same old, same old for the US Federal Reserve. As expected and in a unanimous decision, the Fed confirmed: "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at zero to 0.25% and expects ...