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KPMG hires legal services partner

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... Macquarie's infrastructure and specialised investment products including five years in London. At MIRA, she had a particular focus on managing client relationships for domestic institutions and foreign clients investing in Australia and on executing ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... some initial investigations into AI, including into IBM Watson through its international teams. However, at this stage, the focus was on collecting claims information. "It wouldn't be a far reach to say that the next phase would be to use this information," ...

Private markets attractive for global institutions: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... the coming year. Despite forecasting reductions in equity exposures, the research also hinted at institutions shifting the focus of the strategies within their equities portfolios, with a third of institutions looking to increase allocations to alpha-seeking ...

ASIC to examine super fund and employer connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... between employers and super funds in Australia, after a year in which default superannuation arrangements were a point of focus. According to the report, ASIC's investigation is set to examine how employers determine which fund manager should assume ...

Andrew Boal departs Willis Towers Watson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
After about 30 years at Willis Towers Watson, Andrew Boal has left the business and his successor has been named. Willis Towers Watson said Boal decided to leave the business, with Australasian operations now being streamlined to better align with the ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... who are leaders. However, this means the asset manager is almost "naturally incentivised to engage." One recent area of focus has been human rights in the supply chain and modern slavery. "It's something we've had a lot of positive feedback from, even ...

Member outreach boosts post-merger integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... Equip wrote in its latest annual report. It brings risk management of defined benefit investment portfolios into sharper focus and resulted in Equip proactively engaging with defined benefit employers on this issue, it said. In line with the merger ...

IOOF appoints independent reviewer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... a majority of independent directors and an independent chair. IOOF acting chairman Allan Griffiths said: "We continue to focus on addressing the governance issues raised by APRA in the interests of all stakeholders in an orderly and collaborative manner. ...

AFA explains stance on grandfathered commissions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... Anderson said. "In the context of all that complexity, one of the solutions we've put forward is we need to increase the focus on this issue. "If we introduce an obligation that licensees need to report each year what percentage of practice income ...

OneVue offloads trustee business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
OneVue Holdings is selling its trustee services business to Sargon Capital for $45 million. The trustee services business comprises Diversa subsidiaries Diversa Trustees and CCSL. OneVue acquired the entire Diversa business in 2016 for $49.8 million ...