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Pillar layoffs unrelated to privatisation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Pillar Administration has denied that calls for voluntary redundancies are related to the upcoming sale of the company. In fact, Pillar chief executive Peter Brook explained, the superannuation administrator had been planning to reduce employees since ...

Pillar privatisation confirmed

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
The NSW Government has confirmed it will sell its superannuation administrator Pillar, ending months of speculation. The state government will invest the proceeds of the privatisation into vital services and infrastructure, NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian ...

ME Bank CIO moves to Pillar

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
ME Bank chief information officer has been appointed executive general manager of information technology (IT) at Pillar Administration. Kathryn Hawkins will be responsible for the business' transformation project, currently underway, as well as for ...

ANZ appoints acting global markets MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... leadership, our global markets' revenue has grown significantly, attracted and retained a world-class team, become a key pillar in our Asian growth and created a foundation for further growth and investment in ANZ's future agenda."

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
Slathered in Vaseline and leaping from a tiny pilot boat to embark on a gruelling 14 hour swim of the chilly English Channel might seem a far cry from running an alternative investment business out of sunny Brisbane, but Blue Sky founder and managing ...

AMP Capital hires infrastructure investment director

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... senior roles with Downer Group, MAp Airports, Qantas Group and Macquarie Group. Cummings said, "The airport sector is a key pillar of our global infrastructure business, and it is of strategic importance as we continue to target long-term value creation ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... brackets as well as well as with different genders and marital status. It concludes that the Age Pension remains an important pillar for median wealth couples (those with an annual income post-retirement of $68,700 if they are now aged 60 or $75,300 ...

Pillar Administration to operate under Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
First State Super will be the first of Pillar Administration's clients to roll out a full migration to superannuation and investment software program Acurity. Yesterday Financial Synergy said it would implement Acurity across Pillar Administration's ...

Four pillars policy is killing innovation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... environment have been deep vertical and horizontal integration," CIFR research fellow Rob Nicholls said. "Arguably the four pillar policy now is industry policy at its worst; it is protection of domestic players with little or no benefit to consumers," ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Declining bond yields, an uncertain equities landscape and an appetite for diversification are driving institutions towards alternative assets. Alex Burke investigates whether this is the right idea. When Perpetual acting general manager for regulated ...