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Mercer adds investment, superannuation experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... Superannuation Funds of Australia chair. Prior to his retirement Minto was managing director of TAL and was chief executive of TOWER Australia prior to its acquisition by TAL. "We are delighted that someone of Jim's calibre and expertise will be ...

Trading platform names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
An ASX-listed trading platform has made changes to its executive leadership, naming a new chief executive and chair. SelfWealth has announced Cath Whitaker will lead the platform, joining from Mercer's parent company Marsh McLennan. She will commence ...

WTW wins mandate from NZ government super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
Willis Towers Watson has been appointed to review the New Zealand Government Superannuation Fund Authority (NZ GSFA). Under this appointment, WTW will assess NZ GSFA's investment approach to determine how effectively and efficiently it is performing ...

Bellmont expands distribution capability

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Bellmont Securities has hired a sales manager of adviser solutions in a bid to expand its managed accounts offering. Ben Bell joined the Sydney-based firm this month, recently working at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) as an associate director in ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... rejoined KPMG in July 2012 managing the life insurance and financial services actuarial team of 50. Bui previously worked at Tower Australia, AXA and National Mutual. Actuaries Institute chief executive Elayne Grace said: "Jefferson champions the ability ...

Aon, WTW merger will reduce competition: ACCC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
The ACCC has flagged concerns over Aon's proposed merger with Willis Towers Watson (WTW), throwing a spanner in the works for the two companies. The ACCC said Aon and WTW are two of the three largest providers of commercial risk, reinsurance and employee ...

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Australia is the most successful pension system among developed countries, according to Wills Towers Watson. The firm's Thinking Ahead Institute 2021 Global Pension Assets Study said Australia's thriving pension system boasts an 11.3% per annum ...

Cbus appoints three investment heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
The $55 billion industry fund has named three new investment heads, hiring from AustralianSuper, First Sentier and MLC Asset Management. John Longo will be Cbus's head of property, starting mid-February. Longo joins from Australian Super where he ...

Industry fund promotes for GM role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... years, having kicked 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 ...

Cromwell appoints head of development

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... Street). Hansen joined Cromwell in 2013 and worked on the Qantas global headquarters' $131 million refurbishment and Northpoint Tower's $130 million redevelopment. Cromwell said it has a forecast development book in Australia estimated at $1 billion ...