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Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
As the Royal Commission sharpens its focus on accountability and corporate culture, an institutional investor says these two issues will now shape conversations with boards more than ever. SSGA senior managing director Susan Darroch said the significant ...

ETF issuer hires Olympian

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... portfolio manager is Mathew Knapman who joins after three years in data, operations and product roles at Morningstar Australasia. Earlier this month, University of Sydney graduate Nicola Culey joined ETFS to work across both sales and research teams. ...

AMP partners with Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... delivery of objective advice to AMP's licensee investment management committee. "We have worked closely with Morningstar Australasia to agree a robust and comprehensive suite of services and are confident they will support the investment needs of our ...

Aberdeen Standard distribution head departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... Bouch has left Aberdeen Standard Investments following eight months as distribution lead. Bouch served as head of Australasia at Standard Life for seven years and was appointed head of distribution when Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management merged ...

BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... manager's $3.1 billion renewable income platform which now has 70 European wind and solar assets. BlackRock head of Australasia Dominik Rohe said in the long term, investing in renewables makes sense not only for investors but also for the communities ...

Integrity Life names head of retail product

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... as head of operations and Jacqueline Little as head of group product. Former Munich Re Group managing director for Australasia Heinrich Elder was also appointed to the insurer's board as an independent non-executive director. Commenting on his new ...

CBA releases remediation scorecard

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... The 153 milestones are divided into three stages: design, implement and embed. The review conducted by Promontory Australasia shows CBA's remediation plan is moving sluggishly - only one milestone is complete and effective, most have only hit the design ...

CBA research lead heads to Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... technical services and at CBA as national technical manager and financial planner. Morningstar managing director, Australasia Jamie Wickham said: "We're excited to have Aman join the Morningstar team. He brings a strong background across research ...

Philanthropic forces shift asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... that can go into improving social and environmental issues." Citing data from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, Miller said PAFs, community foundations and high-net-worth family offices reported contributions of $43 million towards ...

Integrity Life expands senior team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... joins Integrity after a 36-year career at Munich Re Group, where he spent the last decade as managing director of Australasia. He has held various directorships and adviser roles in insurance companies, underwriting agencies, insurance and reinsurance ...