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IOOF hires from AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
AustralianSuper's head of product and pricing has made the jump to a new role at IOOF. Sarah Burley has commenced as chief member officer at IOOF Holdings. Burley had a 15-year career at AustralianSuper in roles including head of group strategy ...

NZ Super Fund hires asset allocation head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... finance and investment operations, responsible for the finance, tax, internal audit and investment operations teams. David Sara was appointed as general manager, technology and George Crosby as general manager, portfolio completion. Mark Fennell, formerly ...

VFMC adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
Victorian Funds Management Corporation has appointed a public policy expert as a non-executive director. Tom Considine is an advisory and investment partner at Sayers Group having joined from Suburban Rail Loop Authority where he was interim chief executive. ...

Concern for consumers ahead of YFYS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
After the Your Future, Your Super reforms were passed in the House of Representatives lawyers have expressed concern consumers may not understand the impact of the changes. Law firm Slater and Gordon warned that Australians could end up with less insurance ...

BlackRock wins monumental mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
In what is reportedly one of the biggest transfers of retirement savings to date, BlackRock has won the first external investment mandate for two of the largest defined benefit schemes in the UK. BlackRock will be the outsourced chief investment officer ...

Federation AM awards mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
Federation Asset Management has selected an administrator for its Sustainable Australian Real Asset Trust (SARA). Apex Group will provide fund administration, share registry and regulatory services to Federation's SARA, which will invest in renewable ...

New Martin Gilbert vehicle strikes first deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
AssetCo, the new investment vehicle for the former co-chief executive of Aberdeen Standard, has made its first acquisition under its new business strategy. Martin Gilbert bought into AssetCo in January this year and joined as chair, alongside fellow ...

ASIC appoints new chair, deputy chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
ASIC has appointed a new chair to replace James Shipton and a deputy chair. Perth-based lawyer Joe Longo has been appointed chair and the ACCC's Sarah Court also joins the regulator as deputy chair. "On behalf of the ASIC Commission and team I'd ...

How managers win ESG mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
New research from Investment Trends has revealed how investors choose ESG product providers, and it's bad news for some of the big names in funds management. According to the research, conducted by Investment Trends and Australian Ethical, 87% of ...

ESG managed accounts on the rise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
Financial advisers are turning to managed accounts when looking to implement responsible investment solutions for their clients, new research shows. The latest SPDR ETFs/Investment Trends Managed Accounts Report showed 72% of advisers prefer to use ...