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HESTA hires from Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... head of portfolio design Stephanie Weston, who joined in June 2020. He spent seven years at Frontier, leading a team covering research and specialist advice to clients on derivative strategies, alternative investments, risk management and portfolio construction. ...

ERS had little effect on funds: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... transaction costs, as well as retaining cash from contributions." The researchers used regulator data provided by APRA covering 71 different fund providers. It found that the amount of early release outflows constituted approximately 1.6% of assets under ...

Westpac enters into court enforceable undertaking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... The CEU requires Westpac to develop an integrated plan that incorporates all major risk governance remediation programs covering financial and non-financial risks and have independent assurance over the implementation of the plan and report to APRA. ...

Exemptions to AFSLs explained by ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... authorised under section 916A of the Corporations Act to provide the financial service by a principal that has an AFS licence covering that particular financial service." ASIC said to determine whether a person can rely on this exemption, the test is ...

Gwen Fletcher Award winner named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... for each semester. "The CFP Certification Program has definitely been challenging and very comprehensive in terms of covering all aspects of financial planning," McCudden said. "One of my primary motivations for becoming a CFP was a desire to achieve ...

AMP Capital ESG lead jumps to Platypus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... forward to her contribution as part of the Platypus leadership team." Her prior experience includes a sell-side analyst covering financials, a corporate governance analyst at Ownership Matters, a commercial litigator at Piper Alderman, and a business ...

Life insurers recognised for innovation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... sales to return to pre-2017 levels, the industry has focussed on improving customer service, introducing new products covering insurance gaps, through digital enhancements and sophisticated marketing," he said. Challenger took out the Overall Longevity ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... Catalonia shut bars and restaurants. Italy did the same for many regions and strengthened existing social distancing and face covering rules. The Netherlands entered a partial lockdown. Central Europe, which had been spared in the March-April wave, saw ...

Willis Towers Watson director departs for LIC

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... industry companies. She also spent more than three years with Russell Investments in London as an investment analyst, covering real estate strategies in EMEA and North America and portfolio management of Russell's GREITs funds. Prior to this, she worked ...

New deputy Aussie equities head at Aberdeen Standard

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... head last year. Natalie Tam is moving into the role after 15 years on the team. She first joined Aberdeen as an analyst covering media stocks in 2005 from Deutsche. Prior to this, she worked at Rothschild in investment banking, Coca Cola Amatil in corporate ...