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Super giants, investment firms join Future IM/Pact

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... track record in attracting great people and building a strong culture that supports people to do their best work. We know DEI is a key ingredient of that recipe," he said. Future IM/Pact helps us walk that talk by deepening the talent pool of great women ...

Allianz names new investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
Allianz Australia has appointed a new chief investment officer to replace Anthony Michael who departs the insurer next month. Allianz Australia has appointed a new investment chief to replace Anthony Michael who will quit the insurer in July after five ...

US fund manager hires former Legg Mason executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
Legg Mason's former regional and country head has taken on an executive role at a US$575 billion US-based asset manager. Allspring Global Investments, which recently rebranded from Wells Fargo Asset Management, hired Andy Sowerby as managing director ...

Rainmaker executive awarded prestigious scholarship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
The executive director of media at Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard, has been named as one of two inaugural recipients of Chief Executive Women's (CEW) Maureen Kerridge AM Scholarship. Rainmaker Group executive director of media ...

CBA launches JV for institutional tool

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Commonwealth Bank has launched a joint venture with Quantium to create a tool for institutional clients to receive greater data insights to deliver better services for their clients. CommBank iQ will combine Australia's largest pool of transaction data ...

Future Fund buys into renewables

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
Australia's sovereign wealth fund will acquire Tilt Renewables under a scheme of arrangement as part of a consortium. Under the acquisition deal, New Zealand energy company Mercury NZ will acquire the assets while Powering Australian Renewables (PowAR) ...

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 ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
Of the almost 3500 stories penned this year, these are the stories the Financial Standard team feels defined 2020. The Financial Standard editorial team has written 3484 stories so far in 2020. It wasn't always easy either. Like most of you, we ...

Wells Fargo sets sights on Aussie super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
Wells Fargo Asset Management is gearing up to make its mark on the Australian superannuation system, confirming to Financial Standard that it has been in discussions with major super funds. Wells Fargo head of international distribution Deirdre Flood ...

Industry fund appoints two directors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
An industry superannuation fund appointed two directors to its board, continuing its customer-centred focus on strategy, innovation and technology. Deirdre Wroth, a banking and wealth management executive with 28 years of experience, has been appointed ...