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Citi bolsters equities team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... equities and markets functions. Harry Benson was appointed to Australian equities sales trading execution team, where he will focus on Australian small to mid-caps and will service Citi's international client base. He is joining from Redburn Partners ...

Magellan retirement product nears launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
Magellan's retirement income product FuturePay will launch on June 1, the company said in this morning's ASX filings. Magellan Financial Group has been working on its retirement product since at least 2017. It has now scheduled a June 1 briefing ...

Rich investors not worried about low rates: Citi

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... Chowdhury. "We can hypothesise that high-net-worth investors are not chasing returns to create wealth, they are instead focus on preserving their wealth." As top performing sectors in 2021, they picked real estate, followed by healthcare and information ...

MLC appoints co-head of private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... commences in his new role mid-June. Herchel will continue to drive the investment agenda globally, while Zimmermann will focus on growing the Australian business, MLC Asset Management said. "Kristian's impressive, wide-ranging international expertise ...

Aware Super adds government relations head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
The $140 billion super fund has promoted a portfolio manager as head of government relations and policy. Andrea Forbes joined Aware Super in April 2020 as a portfolio manager in the asset management team. In her new role, Forbes will lead the government ...

Local Government Super rebrands, reduces fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... by the change and that it remains a profit-to-member fund. "It is important that we stay true to our heritage and that we focus on our members, delivering a solid performance and doing so in a responsible way," he said. "We will remain a focused player ...

JANA appoints head of sustainability

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... closely with JANA's head of responsible investment Tim Conly, taking the team to six people, the firm said. Halpern will focus on managing climate risks for clients. She has worked as a regulatory counsel at State Street Bank in Asia Pacific and Europe ...

Pension fund appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... relationship with the board, CalSTRS said. She will also build on the fund's commitments to sustainability and diversity and focus on evolving its culture as the organisation "plans for a post-pandemic future". "Cassandra's experience and knowledge of ...

Federation AM awards mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... said. "By providing flexible and reliable fund administration solutions we will allow the Federation management team to focus on the job at hand: identifying and executing investment opportunities which will fuel the energy transition." Federation partner ...

What COVID-19 did to super brand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
The government's early release of superannuation program hurt superannuation as a category brand, according to Campaign Edge creative director Dee Madigan. Taking to the stage at Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, Madigan theorised that the ...