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PwC names financial services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
PricewaterhouseCoopers has announced senior leadership changes that includes appointing a new lead for its financial services unit. Tom Gunson has been promoted to the role of financial services leader, overseeing the consulting, assurance and financial ...

GROW wins new super fund client

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... Mercy Super will soon swap to GROW, after using Mercer for seven years. The transition was initially slated for a June 1 start but was delayed. The change follows the fund slashing its administration fees last year. It went from charging $1.10 a week ...

LGIAsuper to rebrand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
As LGIAsuper completes its merger with Energy Super and starts the process of integrating Suncorp's super business into the fund, chief executive Kate Farrar tells Financial Standard there are some big changes ahead. From 1 July 2021, the successor ...

Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... frontier and that is at least $50 billion, and if you're not $50 billion then you're not in the game and you better start having conversations." He will also maintain his existing directorships, including that of super industry representative ...

Verve Super launches gender diversity index

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
Verve Super has launched a gender diversity index and will subsequently change how it allocates members' funds based on how Australian companies perform against the index. The Verve Gender Equality Index selects public Australian companies that ...

Plenary hires team of seven from AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... Standard understands most of the team is still serving out their notice period at AMP Capital. Crafford, Brosnan and Lee will start at Plenary in July. Zhou though has already taken gardening leave, according to his LinkedIn. He will join Mizzi, Hunter ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... period. Over the past two months, employment increased by around 84,000 people, and was 1% higher in May 2021 than at the start of the pandemic." This is more than three times market expectations for a still not insignificant addition of 30,000 and disproving ...

Super funds back carbon startup

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
A new carbon risk management startup backed by Aware Super, Energy Super and Future Super has launched with former AMP chair Catherine Brenner on the board. Emmi will collect and analyse data on carbon emissions to assess businesses' financial risks ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
Leaders in the financial services industry have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday 2021 Honours list, with a number from the superannuation sector represented. This year saw 1190 Australians recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours and ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
"We have to take the economy through the pandemic and into a recovery phase, which has now started. We need to really anchor the recovery. We always talk about inflation anchoring and we are not oblivious to that. But the recovery needs to be firm ...