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HESTA awards tech mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... deliver on its long-term business goals," he said. The latest development follows the appointment of Michael Sommers as general manager portfolio construction and risk earlier this month to bolster its internal portfolio management talent.

MLC Life appoints transformation lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... served as chief information officer at AIA Australia and head of technology at NAB. He has also previously held the role of general manager, innovation at Australia Post. "Rick joins us at a critical time in our journey as we deliver on our current business ...

Money does buy happiness: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
Despite the well-known saying to the contrary, new research suggests money does in fact buy happiness. A study conducted by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in the US found that while personal wellbeing does not increase above ...

Platform hires distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... marketing and distribution teams for over a year. Prior to Midwinter, he was as director of adviser services at Milliman, general manager of sales and marketing at CCUBE Integrated Wealth and head of adviser services at Morningstar. Whelan reports to ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
In its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted a shallower contraction in world output for the year ended 2020 - minus 3.5%, down from the October forecast of a 4.4% contraction and the 4.9% decline it ...

Chi-X bolsters executive team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... technology solution. Previously, Williams held several roles at the ASX, working there for a decade. His positions included general manager of listing operations, senior manager of market access and manager for clearing and settlement operations. "We ...

Vale Chi-X founder

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Chi-X has expressed its sadness over the death of founder and first chief executive Peter Fowler. Chi-X said Fowler will be remembered with affection, respect and gratitude by those who worked with him as a founding employee, chief operating officer ...

State Super names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... departed for VFMC last year. Charles Wu has been affirmed in the role, promoted from deputy chief investment officer and general manager, defined contribution investments. Wu joined the government fund in 2015 as head of asset allocation and risk, and ...

AMP Bank boss exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... to chief executive George Frazis. Nicholas Allton, a former MLC and Macquarie Group executive, was named as the group general counsel and company secretary. He was at MLC for over a year working in a role in a similar capacity. Danielle Keighery also ...

Boards suffer from disconnect between risk, strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... particularly in the areas of non-financial risk which have not been prioritised for digitisation beyond establishment of general governance, risk and compliance applications. Additionally, the research found management are not clear on how much risk ...