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Former Prime Minister joins global investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
Julia Gillard has been appointed to the global leadership council of LeapFrog Investments to provide strategic insight and global networks. Together with Singtel chair Simon Israel and chief executive of Ayala Corporation Jamie Augusto Zobel, Gillard ...

Industry fund awards $125 million mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... by the International Finance Corporation to set a market standard for impact investing. It joins 70 others including LeapFrog Investments, MicroVest Capital Management and responsAbility Investments, where the super fund has a minority stake.

Female excellence in advice title awarded

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... seeking financial advice," McConville said. Alta Financial Planning's Tonina Ciarrocchi, Dominique Bergel-Grant from Leapfrog LIFE, Nicole Heales of Nicole Heales Financial Planning and Heidi Schwegler of AHS Financial were all finalists this yea ...

Female Excellence in Advice finalists announced

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... contribution to the profession, the community and clients. Finalists for the 2018 award are: Dominique Bergel-Grant, Leapfrog LIFE Joanna Ryan, Lumix Wealth Tonina Ciarrocchi, Alta Financial Planning Nicole Heales, Nicole Heales Financial Donna Lee Powell ...

Pendal appoints head of investment services

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
Pendal Group has appointed a head of investment services and program office. Justin Howell joins Pendal from LeapFrog Investments, where he was a director. Prior to that, he was investments head of strategy and operations at First State Super. He was ...

BTIM chief retires, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... officer Richard Brandweiner will be the successor. Brandweiner was most recently a partner at global impact investment firm LeapFrog Investments and has held a number of senior roles with Perpetual. He is also a former president of the CFA Society of ...

MLC Life launches group insurance platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
MLC Life Insurance is positioning itself to directly challenge Australia's established group insurers, unveiling a group insurance digital platform for superannuation fund trustees, administrators and members. The latest instalment in MLC Life's $400 ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Multi-national companies that happen to span the world's emerging markets have entered Version 3.0 when it comes to high-quality distribution models, reshaping the term globalisation. This is the view of Capital Group investment director Andy Budden ...

Women key to finance sector culture issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... confident and assertive...' and end up going sideways, Ridout said. A young man is suddenly promoted and thinks he can leapfrog into a senior position, which women should have received the opportunity to go for, but didn't because proper processes don't ...

Hunter Hall profit sinks as third investor enters the fray

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
Hunter Hall reported a 68% drop in statutory profit at the same time Pinnacle leapfrogged Washington H. Soul Pattinson's takeover bid and a third investor declared its intention to buy 20% of the company. John Bridgeman Limited (JBL), acting as investment ...