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Actuaries Institute names new president

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
The Actuaries Institute is welcoming the appointment of a new president and leadership team. Jenny Lyon takes the leadership role while serving as a director at actuarial recruitment consulting firm SKL Executive. She has also held directorship roles ...

UniSuper redefines comfortable retirement

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
UniSuper is advocating for the redefinition of 'comfortable retirement' saying that the current one-size-fits-all approach is not the most effective way to achieve optimal retirement outcomes. The industry fund, while remaining supportive of the plan ...

South Korean pension fund buys Brisbane property

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... AXA Investment Managers' property investment arm, Eureka Real Assets, acquired the Brisbane building Green Square South Tower. AXA Investment Managers is building its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region after it acquired Sydney-based Eureka in September ...

Minto joins EQT board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... and planning. Minto has more than 30 years' experience in the sector, having served various managing director roles with Tower Group. Additionally, Minto was appointed to the Dai-ichi Life Asia Pacific (Singapore) board after they acquired Tower in 2011. ...

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 ...