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Russell sells actuarial business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Russell Investments will sell its actuarial consulting business to a leading global advisory firm. Willis Towers Watson has entered into a definitive agreement to buy the business from Russell for an undisclosed amount, in a move that WTW described ...

Rainmaker hires former CIFR chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard, is welcoming Professor David Gallagher as a consultant to the research and media business. Gallagher will work with Rainmaker to further develop its research function and its Continuing Professional ...

Partners Life appoints new chairman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... experience in the financial services sector. He spent nine years as managing director of TAL and is a former chief executive of Tower Insurance in both New Zealand and Australia. Minto also served as interim chief executive of ASFA last year prior to ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australia is the fourth largest pensions market in the world, having surpassed Canada at the close of 2016. Willis Towers Watson's Global Pension Assets Study shows that Australia's higher aggregate weight to Australian cash and lower weight to bonds ...

JANA executive director retires

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
A long-serving executive director at JANA retired in December and took a directorship at a $7 billion industry super fund. David Holston, who worked at JANA for 17 years, was also an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia director from 1996 ...

QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
Pointing to an increased focus on the development of a long-term ESG strategy, QSuper appointed an ESG governance strategist. Claire Molinari joined the $65 billion fund in December 2016 following a six-month stint with the Queensland Department of ...

HESTA hunting for new CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
HESTA will usher in the New Year with an expansion of its executive investment team. Following a review by Willis Towers Watson, the $36 billion super fund will implement a new investment strategy, resulting in the creation of a two-pronged leadership ...

Top 10 executive appointments in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
1. Wealth division overhauled in latest NAB restructure Three members of NAB's executive leadership team left the company in July following an extensive organisational restructure which saw wealth management and personal banking brought under the same ...

Mercer appoints chief customer officer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
Mercer appointed a new chief customer officer after the incumbent moved to a global role. Cambell Holt was previously consumer marketing leader, Pacific at Mercer before taking on his new position this month. He joined Mercer in 2014 from ANZ, where ...

Mercer principal joins IMCA board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
The Investment Management Consultants Association of Australia has appointed five new board members. Principal of Mercer Investments Hendrie Koster has joined the board, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge in asset class research, portfolio construction ...