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Australian Unity appoints trustee GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
Australian Unity's newly-formed trustee business is welcoming the appointment of a general manager. The internal promotion sees Emma Sakellaris take the top role. She will be responsible for developing the business building a specialist, client-focused ...

BTIM builds out multi-asset team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
BT Investment Management is launching a new US-based multi-asset investment strategy and appointing a former managing director at JANA Partners to head it up. Giorgio Caputo will join BTIM subsidiary J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) in April, and ...

AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
AMP Capital is introducing an ethical investment framework that will divest about $570 million in 'dangerous' or unethical investments across its entire portfolio. The company is ramping its commitment to responsible investing, and applying its new ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
The Actuaries Institute is welcoming the appointment of a new president and leadership team. Jenny Lyon takes the leadership role while serving as a director at actuarial recruitment consulting firm SKL Executive. She has also held directorship roles ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
"The February NAB Monthly Business Survey gave back the surprisingly strong gains seen in the previous month..." This was the opening line of the NAB report on business confidence and business conditions for February. How much were given back? Business ...

QIC calls out unnecessary risk fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Portfolio managers are missing out on returns thanks to an unnecessary fear of risk, according to new research from investment manager QIC. "Bonds are often considered the quiet achiever in investment portfolios," QIC director research and strategy ...

QSuper member experience chief departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
QSuper is on the hunt for a new chief of member experience as it prepares to become a public offer fund in June. The $67 billion super fund confirmed that Andrew Baker resigned in January, with head of product and services Kim Hughes taking on the role ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The countdown is on at fledgling start-up and technology-focused superannuation product-provider Spaceship, as chief executive Paul Bennetts attempts to convert his waitlist of 22,000 into a $1 billion fund. Touring around multiple start-up hubs this ...

NAB pushes planning career path

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
NAB Financial Planning will support the future of Australia's financial planning industry through a new university scholarship program and a commitment to academic research funding. Four Australian universities will participate in the NAB Future Planners ...

Prospectus lodged for ethically screened LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Morphic Ethical Equities Fund Limited, the first ethically screened global equity listed investment company in over a decade, is undertaking an initial public offering of ordinary shares after lodging its prospectus with ASIC. The company, which provides ...