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Industry high flyers join JANA board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... experience in companies undergoing change as well as both managing and governing complex organisations. Her proven business acumen and decision-making through economic cycles and market disruption will be invaluable as JANA looks to help clients increase ...

HUB24 unit Class hires ops manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... training functions from across the business, Kate is a passionate people leader with significant strategic and commercial acumen, and I'm delighted to have her join the Class leadership team." Anderson responded: "I'm pleased to be joining Class ...

HESTA generates 9.59% investment return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... has been yielding a return of 8.02% per annum over the last decade, to 30 June 2023. "This speaks to HESTA's investment acumen and our unwavering focus on generating long-term performance to support our members' financial future," Blakey said. "Importantly ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... advisers. He deeply understood the financial services landscape and the drivers of change. I greatly respected his business acumen and will profoundly miss his friendship." Trapnell cited Harrison's work in developing the NextGen bootcamp for young ...

UniSuper appoints Peter Warne

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
... chair." Martin said: "Peter is highly respected both in Australia and globally for his stellar business career, commercial acumen and values, and his personal touch. The UniSuper board is both delighted and honoured to welcome him as a director and chair ...

MySuper index records worst rolling return since 2009

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... performing property options reported positive returns. Hostplus topped the pack with 15.9%, followed by Rest with 14.9%, Acumen on 14.3%, Telstra Super with 12.9%, and CareSuper with a 12.3% return. Over the same 12-month period, the ASX 2011 listed ...

Challenger appoints chief financial officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... at KPMG ideally positions her to take on the role," he said. "She has built a reputation for her exceptional financial acumen, analytical approach, and strong risk mindset, which are essential attributes for the role. Her strategic insights, leadership ...

Challenger appoints Duncan West as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... Challenger. Duncan has served as a valued member of the Challenger board for a number of years and brings significant commercial acumen and expertise, including deep knowledge of the Australian and global insurance sector," Polson said. Polson added ...

New chief executive for SG Hiscock

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... Giles has been regarded as a natural successor for some time," Hiscock said. "He brings extensive financial and business acumen to the table and I'm confident he will continue to lead the business on a positive growth trajectory." Hiscock will continue ...

Morningstar bets on active fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... Morningstar reasoned the underperformance was "one-off (but damaging) disruption, and do not believe Magellan's investing acumen has diminished". "Until Magellan Global outperforms its benchmarks again, ongoing institutional redemptions and chief ...