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Industry fund redeploys executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... joined in mid-2008 as a claims manager and member services officer. Meanwhile, the fund's head of marketing and brand Astrid Dare has been promoted to the role of chief member experience officer. Dare will now oversee analytics and insights, marketing ...

Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... choose to lock themselves in for fear of contracting the virus. Not only that, those few brave souls wearing hazmats, who dare go out would find very little to spend their government-given money to spend on with almost all non-essential services shuttered ...

Small administrator eyes large funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... system, which allow the firm to offer an enhanced member experience. "Our competitors have limited capabilities in this area, dare I say. Our clients' members can do a lot more by themselves on their preferred engagement channel," Harvey said. "We ...

Chief economist update: Same challenges, differing reactions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
Deemed the sexiest accent in the world by 'Big 7 Travel', it would have been better (dare I say, sexier) that instead of a printed statement, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Governor Adrian Orr verbally delivered the news that: "The Official ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... the divide. May could resign as PM or she could be ousted and replaced. Or another Brexit referendum could be held. But I dare say, the debates, discussions and arguments would remain the same. Going beyond the politics of Brexit, Brexiteers can argue ...

Equity Trustees adds former family office leader to board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
A former Mutual Trust chief executive is set to join the board of Equity Trustees. Tim Hammon has been appointed as a non-executive director of Equity Trustees, adding 10 years of leadership experience at one of Australia's prominent multi-family offices ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
I'll see your "fire and fury" and raise you Guam. Yes Virginia, that's Trump and Kim going ballistic once again as they play high stakes ICBM poker. Who will be the first to blink and fold? From what we already know of each players' character and temperament ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Threats and counter threats are coming in fast between the United States and North Korea suggesting that neither side is backing down from a full-scale armed (nuclear or conventional) confrontation. On his visit to Seoul, US vice-president Mike Pence ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... and Yemen - from US soil for the next 90 days and the suspension of admission of all refugees for 120 days. And don't we dare question Trump. Trump fired acting US Attorney General, Sally Yates for defying the Donald and questioning the legality of the ...

Managed accounts market likely bigger than thought

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
The Australian managed accounts market is well on the way to achieving Morgan Stanley's $60 billion FUM by 2020 prediction, with data released by the Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals (IMAP) indicating the market has more than doubled since ...