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Mercer creates new sales, strategy roles

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Mercer has made appointments for two newly created roles in its Pacific region leadership team. Helen Murdoch joins Mercer as sales and commercial acceleration leader and Saranne Brodrick joins as chief strategy officer. Mercer's chief executive for ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions-also improved, from 90.9 last month to 109.6 in March" (Conference Board). Consumers' assessment of current and future labour market conditions also improved. According to Lynn Franco, Senior ...

ClearView bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... adviser portal," ClearView general manager, life insurance Gerard Kerr said. "We are extremely fortunate to have Nick on board to lead the product and pricing team, as we continue to focus on delivering contemporary, fit-for-purpose solutions that offer ...

Mercer adds investment, superannuation experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... MLC's private equity investment committee. She is also deputy chair of non-profit Taldumande Youth Services. Joining the board alongside Gosling is Alice Williams, who is currently chair of the investment committee for Defence Health and chair of ...

K2 Asset Management co-founder exits board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
Mark Newman, who co-founded K2 Asset Management, has resigned from its board. Newman co-founded the funds management business in 1999 with Campbell Neal, who stays as the managing director. K2 Asset Management has named its head of research George Boubouras ...

REA Group to acquire Mortgage Choice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... 2020 and in the six months to December 2020 it reported net revenue of $22.2 million and net profit of $4.1 million. The board of Mortgage Choice has unanimously recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the REA Group acquisition in the absence ...

Trading platform names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... April 20. Whitaker takes the post nearly a year after Andrew Ward stepped back from the top job to become an adviser to the board. At Marsh, Whitaker was most recently the global leader of digital transformation, a role she held for four years, responsible ...

AMP Capital spins off REIT

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... keep its $5 billion AMP Capital Diversified Property Fund following a takeover proposal from Dexus. The fund's independent board committee recommended the merger go ahead however AMP Capital head of real estate Kylie O'Connor wants the fund to stay ...

AMP, Ares deal up in the air

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... private markets, capitalising on Ares' current capabilities in real estate and private equity. Ares will appoint six board members and AMP will nominate four. The news of the joint venture came after Ares previously made a non-indicative proposal ...

Kelly O'Dwyer joins EQT board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
The former minister for revenue and financial services Kelly O'Dwyer is joining Equity Trustees' board as a non-executive director. O'Dwyer joins the board as Jim Minto steps down after four years. Minto was also the deputy chair of the ...