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ASIC to survey whistleblower policies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
ASIC plans to survey whistleblower policies of a sample of companies next year. The regulator said it plans to review the selected companies compliance with the legal requirements outlined in the new whistleblower protection laws. This comes as ASIC ...

Trustee firm expands into fund administration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
A trustee services and financial technology provider is continuing its rapid growth trajectory, unveiling plans for a full stack superannuation administration service to launch in early 2020. Sargon is expanding its offering, with plans to launch a ...

PIMCO to launch first Australian listed trust

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... managed by group chief investment officer Dan Ivascyn, managing director and co-head of Asia-Pacific portfolio management Rob Mead and managing director and portfolio manager Alfred Murata. Adrian Stewart, head of PIMCO Australia, said: "PIMCO has a ...

Challenger hires Robeco director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
Challenger has hired a former institutional sales director from Robeco Australia, to distribute some private markets strategies. Brett Penprase has joined Challenger as a senior institutional business development manager. Penprase was among Robeco's ...

First Sentier adds to global leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... Australian Association of Lloyd's Members. The appointments follow that of former Nikko Asset Management head of global operations, Rob Scott, as First Sentier's chief operating officer in June. First Sentier chief executive Mark Steinberg said the appointments ...

Vanguard swoops on superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
Vanguard's Robin Bowerman says the investment giant's planned superannuation offering will have a place for financial advisers and won't be a strictly direct-to-investor product. "We are at the start of a journey of entering the superannuation ...

Global manager hires Principal director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
A $486 billion global manager has hired Principal Global Investors Australia's institutional sales director for its Sydney office, as it looks to grow its business down under. Michael Gaffney is joining Barings in its global business development ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas has come early... and Thanksgiving too. Wall Street benchmark equity indices rallied at the close of trading last week: The S&P 500 added 1.0% to a new all-time high; the Nasdaq closed 1.1% up but not ...

Suncorp wealth chief steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Suncorp has announced its chief executive of banking and wealth will depart the group in early 2020. David Carter will step down from the role he has held since 2016 to take on the new position of group chief executive at motoring body, the Royal Automobile ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
At the launch of the Crescent Think Tank in Sydney, former union boss Bill Kelty didn't hold back in expressing his views on the current state of the superannuation system. "My view is the most important thing to working people in Australia is stop ...