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Rest to restructure investments, hire CIO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... interim chief investment officer of the fund in the meantime. He will oversee new head of SIM, Simon Esposito and Rest general manager, investments Brendan Casey during the integration, with both teams set to operate as per usual during the transition ...

Gender wealth gap down to 11%: Roy Morgan

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
The average net wealth gap between men and women has almost halved in the last 12 years, according to the latest Roy Morgan Wealth Report. Statistics from the report show the average net wealth for women today sits at 89% that of men - $400,000, to ...

AMP profits dive, chief pay restructured

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... which was impacted by factors outside his influence. AMP chair David Murray said: "As foreshadowed at the 2019 annual general meeting, the board recognises that the original announcement of the sale of AMP Life, and a number of other company-specific ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... which came from holdings in ExxonMobil, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell and BP. IEEFA highlighted BlackRock's position in General Electric, which in 2015 doubled down on thermal power by acquiring Alstom and Baker Hughes, has seen its market cap decline ...

BT advice boss lands new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
The former general manager of BT Financial Advice, who was grilled at Royal Commission hearings last year, will lead an ASX-listed managed accounts provider for a $500,000 base salary. Michael Wright will join Xplore Wealth (formerly Managed Accounts ...

Financial Wisdom to shut down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... said. Meanwhile, the sale of Count Financial was overwhelmingly supported by CountPlus shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting in Sydney yesterday. The vote to acquire the business saw 99.76% in favour of the decision. The $2.5 million transaction ...

IPIF names investment lead, launches capital raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... IPIF appointed Jonathan van Rooyen to the role of chief investment officer. Van Rooyen joins from Gardior where he was general manager of investments. Prior to that, he was executive director and portfolio manager at Hastings Funds Management. Sean Kim ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... list of exporters). Yes Virginia, Trump has managed to turn close neighbours against each other. Trump must have read General George Patton's words: "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his." But ...

EQT welcomes head of insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... roles. Pricillia Chand is a new trustee officer for claims, while Anthony Marasigan joins as a fund accountant. Executive general manager of the superannuation trustee office Mark Blair said the financial services Royal Commission, which concluded early ...

Planning foundation adds directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... to its board. Future2 is welcoming the appointments of former FPA chair Julie Berry, acting Commonwealth Bank executive general manager of wealth management Hugh Humphrey, and Aspire Retire chief executive Olivia Maragna to its board, in a move chair ...