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Wealth manager awards tech mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
Pitcher Partners Sydney Wealth Management has enlisted a technology specialist to enhance its operations. Technology and business processing provider Integrated Portfolio Solutions has been selected to provide portfolio administration services to Pitcher ...

Eaton Vance hires institutional distribution head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
Eaton Vance hired an institutional sales director for its Australian and New Zealand operations. Ty Thurgood has joined the global asset manager's Australasian arm as director of institutional business development for the local region, which will ...

APRA hires from AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Insurance in investment risk optimisation, after spending more than a year at Qantas Super as a manager in its investments operations. Previously, Ferguson was associate director of QIC's global tactical asset allocation strategy during a five-year ...

Industry super fund headcounts to swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... relatively poorer culture at the banks and changes in lending conditions." The trend of super funds moving their investment operations in-house has had an impact on fund managers, with most hiring now driven by staff turnover, McGilton said. There is ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... first carbon neutral fund. HESTA is the first super fund to be certified carbon neutral for emissions produced from its operations. Chief executive Debby Blakey said the certification was a "fantastic" recognition to the fund's commitment to leadership ...

Pendal hires State Street exec

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Pendal Group appointed a former State Street and BlackRock executive to further expand its operations in the US as the new chief executive for the region. Nick Good takes the reins of Pendal subsidiary J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM), shortly ...

Down but not out: Top advisers adapt

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... registered on the ASIC FAR. Much of the movement is attributable to large institutions culling or downsizing their wealth operations. After exiting personal advice, Westpac lost 338 advisers since February - the most of any licensee. Securitor shed 146 ...

CommInsure sale stalls, sold for discount

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... corporate affairs. Wharton joined CBA in 2016 and has led change programs to upgrade the bank's technology and regulatory operations. Over the past year, he has been reporting directly to chief executive Matt Comyn, ensuring the bank is implementing ...

Mainstream shelves super admin business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... swallowed up into its fund administration division, and consequently close its Melbourne office and relocate superannuation operations to Sydney. It recorded a $2.8 million loss in its FY19 results to reflect the loss in value of the super administration ...

Charles Schwab reverses out of Australia again

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... director John-Paul Drysdale will close next month but the company will continue to service Aussie clients through US operations. "Charles Schwab has made the decision to close their Australian office. However, Charles Schwab will continue to serve their ...