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Global X hires new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... finishing up at GAM Investments where he was managing director, as first reported by Industry Moves. Zaika spent more than six years at GAM and before that was the head of wealth at BlackRock's iShares Australia. He also worked in investor solutions ...

Megatrends impacting portfolio construction: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... inflationary pressures and moving into an interest rate easing cycle. "These are not things that are going to occur over the next six months, it's more two-, three- or five-year cycles," Jacques said. "So, what we need to look at is not just, 'what is ...

China to raise retirement age from 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... predicts 52% of the population will be over 60 years of age. Since 2000, the average life expectancy has increased by about six years to 77.6 years.

Pensioners to pay more under aged care reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... exhausted other alternatives and actively choose to enter aged care. A Senate inquiry is to review the proposed legislation over a six-week period, but the government expects to pass the reforms by the end of the year and to have them effective 1 July ...

Robeco appoints APAC sales lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... Fidelity in a raft of roles and locations. Before that, he spent close to seven years at UBS Global Asset Management, and six years at Flemings Save and Prosper. At Fidelity, Hanson was replaced by Simon Glazier who was most recently leading Fidelity's ...

Dimensional hires institutional sales lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... Advisors has appointed a new institutional sales lead. Gemma Bjarnason's appointment raises the local distribution team to six. Bjarnason is tasked with further developing the institutional business and working with its clients to design investment ...

Future Fund restructures investment leadership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... investment capability and intelligence, portfolio risk, and responsible investment and listed equities. The new-look unit comprises six leaders, including five new managing director roles reporting to Samild, which will all be filled by existing Future ...

Aussie economy grows 0.2% in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose just 0.2% in the June quarter 2024 and by 1.5% in the 2023-24 financial year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of national accounts Katherine Keenan said: "The Australian economy ...

Fitzpatricks appoints new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... wealth group, commencing in the role on August 14. Blackledge stepped down after four years in the top job and a total of six years with the group. She started out at Fitzpatricks as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. She was previously ...

Former ASIC commissioner joins Insignia Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... and November 2017, and chief executive of Equip Super from 2010 to 2016. She was also a director of now-defunct robo-adviser Six Park and held senior roles at UBS Global Asset Management for about 17 years. Smartt left the post after five years with ...