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AMP adds options to MyNorth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
AMP added 23 new Australian equities and exchange traded funds to the MyNorth Managed Portfolios menu and launched an educational paper for financial advisers. The new offerings include single-sector equity portfolios across large cap, mid and small ...

State Street creates head of Australia role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... from 1999 to 2003. Both Helyar and Hardy will report to chief executive for Asia Pacific, Mostapha Tahiri. "Our new Australia and Singapore and Southeast Asia heads will bring clients all of State Street's capabilities from investment servicing ...

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 ...

Northern Trust appoints local head

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
Northern Trust has named a new Australia and New Zealand lead, replacing Angelo Calvitto who recently became the head of Asia Pacific. From October 1, Leon Stavrou will be the new head of the Australia and New Zealand business. He was most recently ...

L1 Capital launches activist fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
L1 Capital is launching a new Australian equities fund that seeks to unlock company value via shareholder activism. The Catalyst Fund, which launches on July 1, will be led by James Hawkins, who joined L1 Capital as a partner in March. The high-conviction ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Women's participation in the workforce has reached a record high of 61.8%, the latest employment statistics show. Citing new Australian Bureau of Statistics unemployment figures, Senator Jane Hume said Australia has achieved the highest female participation ...

MLC exec to lead fintech

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
A former MLC advice executive has joined fintech Intelliflo to lead the Australian business in a newly created role. Intelliflo will welcome Geoff Rogers to expand the firm's presence in the local wealth management market on June 14. Rogers has been ...

APSS explores merger with Sunsuper

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... signed a non-binding heads of agreement to explore a merger with Sunsuper. The $8 billion APSS has been closed to new Australia Post employees since 2012 and has around 30,000 members. APSS Trustee's independent chair Mark Birrell said the decision ...

Investors going in blind: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
Australians are entering the stockmarket guided only by word of mouth, independent research and social media posts, new research shows. Online trading platform eToro surveyed over 1000 Australian investors to find out where they are getting their advice ...

Waste key to economic recovery: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
The CSIRO has published a roadmap to economic recovery finding innovation in Australia's waste management space could triple job creation. The National Circular Economy Roadmap suggested the key strategy for creating jobs and reclaiming billions ...