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Louise Walsh launches Walsh Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
Former Future Generation chief executive Louise Walsh is branching out independently, launching Walsh Capital. Walsh Capital will provide bespoke capital raising for a select group of boutique investment managers, typically managers which have been ...

ACSA chief executive steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has announced its chief executive is departing to pursue private business interests. Robert J Brown has held the role since 2017 and is also the managing director of Alford Brown & Associates. ACSA ...

Life insurance drives economy: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
The life insurance industry has emerged as a key driver of global economic growth, new research shows. The latest MetLife Value of Life Insurance report aims to increase customer engagement and noted life insurance provides stable, long-term investment ...

Westpac in fresh $87m remediation program

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... to remediate affected customers regardless of how much time has passed," she said. "We encourage affected customers to engage with the communications from Westpac to understand how they were impacted and to seek further information from Westpac if required." ...

ASIC disqualifies SMSF auditor

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
The corporate regulator has disqualified a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor for breaching independence and auditing standards. ASIC found that Gordon Victor Shrubsole from Miranda, New South Wales lacked independence during the process ...

QIC chief executive to retire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
QIC chief executive Damien Frawley has announced his intention to retire from the Queensland government owned investment management corporation. Frawley has led QIC for almost a decade. Prior to that, he was chief executive at BlackRock Australia and ...

Industry funds flag $77bn merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
Two industry superannuation funds announced they are exploring a potential merger to create a $77 billion fund with 1.4 million members. Hostplus and Statewide Super said formal discussions are in the works and that they intend to shortly sign an exclusive ...

HESTA nabs Hostplus executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... portfolio manager in responsible investments at VicSuper for two and a half years. Recently, HESTA worked on a campaign to engage with mining company Rio Tinto - which the fund is a shareholder in - following the Juukan Gorge destruction. The fund's ...

Rest hires from AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
The industry fund has appointed a general manager of brand and marketing. Andrew Ford will head strategic marketing initiatives across Rest's member engagement channels, the fund said. Ford was most recently AMP's head of content and marketing ...

ASIC fines trading firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
The corporate regulator has fined Life Trading $200,000 and imposed an enforceable undertaking after it was found to have inappropriate supervisory policies and procedures in place. The Markets Disciplinary Panel (MFP) gave Life Trading an infringement ...