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Future Fund hires chief economist

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
The $199 billion sovereign wealth fund hired from Wellington Management for its inaugural chief economist. Toby Johnston will commence the role on January 27 and will report directly to the Future Fund's chief investment officer Sue Brake. He will lead ...

NAB posts bumper profit

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
National Australia Bank recorded a 76.85% increase in cash earnings to $6.56 billion in its full-year results and outlined a new oil and gas policy. The big four bank also report a statutory net profit of $6.36 billion, up from $2.50 billion in 2020. ...

Governments must act on net zero: Morningstar

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
Asset managers around the world are working hard to turn their investment strategies into measurable emissions reductions, but must be attuned to the risk of net zero washing, new research says. Morningstar's latest report, Asset Managers and Net ...

RIAA, HESTA back key First Nations project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Businesses and investors including HESTA and Lendlease have launched an initiative that will focus on strengthening Australia's First People's heritage laws. The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance, the Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) ...

Suncorp names chief risk officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
Suncorp Group hired the former London-based IG Group chief commercial officer to take on its risk function. Bridget Messer is expected to commence as chief risk officer in Brisbane early next year after she relocates from the UK. Messer spent the last ...

GMO launches local climate fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO) has launched a new Australian investment trust for wholesale investors, with a climate change focus. The GMO Climate Change Trust will provide Australian investors with access to GMO's existing Climate Change ...

JANA makes senior appointment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
JANA has bolstered its not-for-profit division with a new appointment. Kevin Fernando joins JANA as client development director for NFP. Fernando was previously the founder and managing director of Mercury Associates, an independent NFP investment consultancy. ...

Family office makes crypto play

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
The Smorgon family office has taken a stake in a cryptocurrency investment platform. The Victor Smorgon Group (VSG) has taken an equity stake in crypto asset investment platform Zerocap. Zerocap has plans to be a significant full service advisory and ...

Mercer names super services leader

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
Mercer has appointed a new superannuation services leader to replace Jo-Anne Bloch. Claire Ross has been named superannuation services leader for Australia. She leaves her role as Mercer UK's senior partner and chief operating officer for Asia, the ...

Link hires RSS compliance head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
Link Group hired a senior superannuation specialist from ASIC to take on the role of global head of risk and compliance for its Retirement & Superannuation Solutions (RSS) division. Theresa Mills joined ASIC in 2016 as a director of its financial literacy ...