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Mercer Super reorganises leadership, chief executive changes roles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
Mercer Super chief executive Tim Barber will take on a new leadership position at Marsh McLennan; Claire Ross will step up as his successor. In his new role, Barber will "develop and implement growth strategies" for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) ...

Zurich appoints chief risk officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced the appointment of David Wainwright to the position of chief risk officer for Australia and New Zealand. Wainwright has close to 25 years' experience in financial services and joins from Zurich in the ...

IFM Investors recruits chief of staff

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
Retirement income policy veteran Amara Haqqani has joined IFM Investors as chief of staff. In the new role, Haqqani is tasked with supporting cross-organisational collaboration and output amongst the executive team. Haqqani is a senior financial services ...

Fidelity appoints new managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
Fidelity International has appointed Simon Glazier as managing director, Australia, with effect from 1 September 2024. In his new role, Glazier will be responsible for delivering continued growth for Fidelity's business in Australia, and further strengthening ...

Australia a 'regional private wealth hotspot': Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
Australia is a top regional private wealth hotspot, with the greatest proportion of investors, many of whom are looking to alternatives, according to a Preqin report. The data provider's report highlighted that among all private wealth investors in ...

Longreach hires Channel Capital sales lead, launches advisory firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
Longreach Alternatives has poached the former sales lead of Channel Capital to spearhead its new business unit dedicated to fundraising and distributing its products. Andrew King, who finished up with Channel Capital in May 2023, popped up at fledgling ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
Australia must move beyond pervasive short-termism and lift its policy ambitions if the nation is to reach its economic potential, according to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). "Our record of almost three decades of economic ...

SSGA takes 5% stake in Raiz

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has taken a 5% stake in micro-investment platform Raiz as the latter uses funds to expand its market share and jump on the artificial intelligence bandwagon. SSGA will acquire its 4.8% interest worth $1.97 million ...

Fed's Powell says 'time has come' to cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has declared that inflation is on a sustainable path back to the 2% target and the "time has come" to start cutting interest rates. Powell spoke to global central bankers, policymakers, economists, and academics ...

Pacific Current sees profits up 24%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
Pacific Current Group (PAC) saw funds under management grow 18% to $42.5 billion for the full year ended June 30. Boutique Contributions, ex mark-to-market adjustments, grew 16% driven by a 23% growth in management fee-related revenues. In addition ...