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AustralianSuper appoints first chief operating officer, hires in New York

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
The superannuation giant has promoted its group executive for finance operations to the role of chief operating officer, while also building out its investments team in New York. AustralianSuper has named Peter Curtis as its first chief operating officer. ...

Centuria joins forces with Morgan Stanley

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
Centuria Capital Group has partnered with Morgan Stanley in a bid to further expand its healthcare assets which have grown to $1.7 billion. The joint venture with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing seeds an investment vehicle called the Centuria Prime ...

UK takes steps to remove gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
The UK government is introducing a pilot program to increase transparency around pay, to the benefit of women. It comes as many companies face backlash for showing support for International Women's Day while also paying their male employees significantly ...

Allspring Global Investments appoints fixed income leaders

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
Allspring Global Investments has promoted two of its veteran investment professionals to senior leadership roles in the global fixed income department. Henrietta Pacquement, with 20 years of investment experience, will lead Allspring's newly formed ...

Advisers can help female clients 'break the bias'

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
While the proportion of women investing is picking up the pace, the number of female investors still lags behind men - but financial advisers can help. At an International Women's Day event today, BT head of risk strategies and research Kirsty Wymer ...

AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
AGL Energy has rejected another takeover bid offer made by the consortium led by Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes. The $8.25 per share offer "is still well below both the fair value" of the company, the AGL board told the ASX this morning. Cannon-Brookes ...

Robeco introduces new indices

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
Robeco has introduced new low carbon indices rooted in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Similar to Robeco's existing Multi-Factor Index range, the SDG Low-Carbon Indices are available for seven regions: Global AC, Global DM, Emerging Markets ...

APRA takes next step on super data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
The prudential regulator wants to begin publishing data on all superannuation products and investment options, commencing a new consultation today. Last year APRA undertook phase one of its data transformation which saw super trustees required to provide ...

Real Asset Management hires from QIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
Australian owned wealth and asset manager Real Asset Management (RAM) has appointed Matthew Strotton as head of funds management for its real estate division. Strotton has more than 25 years' real estate experience in global markets across capital transactions ...

Iress wins new mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
Financial advice and accountancy service provider Findex has selected Iress' financial advice software Xplan to use across its operations. Iress will support the more than 400 partners and advisers that are part of the Findex network under the new mandate. ...