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Capital Group hires from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
The $2.6 trillion global manager has hired from BlackRock to fill a newly-created role whose remit includes the Australian market. London-based Alexandra Haggard will be Capital Group's head of product and investment services for in Europe and Asia ...

Super fund boss remuneration on the agenda

KARREN VERGARA, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Two major superannuation funds are reviewing their remuneration structures as a result of COVID-19, which will potentially see many executive pay reduce, a public hearing found. Hostplus chief executive David Elia appeared before the House of Representatives ...

360 Capital succeeds in LIC raid

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Fresh off the back of buying an 18.3% stake in Evans Dixon, 360 Capital has tallied up another victory as unitholders of a credit LIC it tried to take over voted in its favour. Unitholders of the Australian Enhanced Income Fund (AYF) yesterday afternoon ...

Tom Waterhouse now a fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
The horse racing scion is touting a managed fund that invests in gambling companies to wholesale investors. Waterhouse VCs gambling takes long-term stakes in listed and unlisted businesses related to gambling, focusing on three themes: dominant scale ...

Mainstream expands private equity offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... drill down capabilities included. "This gives transparency to LPs who increasingly want to work with general partners that focus on investment decisions and leave their back-office operations to third party experts, like Mainstream," Lo said.

Iress adds to executive team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... Telstra. Commenting on the appointment Iress' Walsh said: "I have been impressed with Joydip's broad experience and focus on building strong, innovative product teams, with a clear focus on scale and results."

Ignition Advice announces fintech partnership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... and Deutsche Bank. Ignition's chief executive Manish Prasad said the company's accelerated growth has come from a focus on strategic partnerships. "With our platform complete and validated, strong distribution partnerships will allow us to quickly ...

Milestone Group appoints APAC lead

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... lockdown, Azer revealed to Financial Standard, during which she realised that if there was ever "a time for technology to focus on the good it can deliver to us, its now". "Without technology we wouldn't have been connected, we wouldn't have ...

Investment consultant adds to insurance team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... from the depth of JANA's expertise and deliver stronger investment results." JANA said the expansion of its insurance focus is in response to the increasingly complex needs of the sector, which is facing lower premium revenue and increased potential ...

First Super executive departs

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... over a year with the industry super fund. Brad Weldon departed First Super last week, noting on LinkedIn he was leaving to focus on his health. "While I am leaving a great industry super fund today, I hope to have the opportunity in the future to serve ...