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Challenger welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... the departments of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Foreign Affairs and Trade. Smith was previously a deputy director-general in the Office of National Assessments and worked at the Australian Treasury and at the Reserve Bank of Australia. Challenger ...

Does financial services have a problem with women?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
A wrongful dismissal case brought by a former IOOF employee detailing sexual harassment and gender discrimination among colleagues has once again shone an unwanted spotlight on the financial services industry, calling into question the sector's ...

Optimum Pensions partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... late this year. GDG has appointed ANZ's former head of wrap and self-managed superannuation Patrick Clarke as the general manager, retirement solutions. David Orford is the former co-founder of superannuation administration company, Financial Synergy ...

Ignition Advice expands team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... its global team. Rob Coulter will step into the role, joining from the Association of Financial Advisers where he was general manager, partnerships. Coulter was head of corporate development at AMP Advice (and ipac Securities prior) for eight years. ...

Morningstar introduces new platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... governmental and regulatory updates alongside research and valuation data to tell the whole story," he said. Dow Jones general manager of global partnerships William Ashworth commented: "We're thrilled to be working with Morningstar to make our trusted ...

MLC Life appoints executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... McCormack gets ready for a February 26 departure. The role is going to Michael Rogers, who has worked as QSuper's general manager for insurance while it set up its own insurer QInsure. Rogers has also worked for AXA in Australia and UK, and for AMP. ...

Lack of diversity major business risk: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Racial and ethnic inequity is a systemic risk that "threatens lives, companies, communities, and our economy", according to one of the largest global fund managers. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) president and chief executive Cyrus Taraporevala ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Future Super, the $1 billion ethical retail fund, has shared how its deidentified recruitment has helped boost diversity - after mixed results last year. Future Super head of group strategy Veronica Sherwood-Meares said on LinkedIn that Future Super ...

AustralianSuper breached member's privacy: Regulator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... Elizabeth Hampton. The OAIC is the national regulator for privacy and freedom of information that sits in the Attorney General's portfolio.

Cromwell makes Italian acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... structure opportunities to meet the bespoke requirements of any investor." Lorenzo Caroleo, Cromwell's head of Italy, said the general uncertainty in the word right now favours investors which are agile and have a flexible capital structure. "The park ...