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RBA names head of payments policy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) promoted a longstanding employee as head of the payments policy department. Ellis Connolly has been with the RBA for over 20 years and was most recently deputy head, financial markets infrastructure in payments policy ...

Pinnacle acquires private equity firm stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
Pinnacle Investment Management will acquire a 25% stake in an Australian private equity firm, funded by a massive $105 million raise. The ASX-listed firm will become part owner of Five V Capital, which currently has $1.1 billion in funds under management ...

WTW Australia names head of sustainable investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
Willis Towers Watson has appointed a head of sustainable investment, promoting a senior investment consultant to the newly created role. Tim Unger has been appointed head of sustainable investment for Australia effective immediately. He's been with ...

WealthO2 appoints to newly created role

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
WealthO2 has appointed Ahn Rutty to the newly created role of head of client success as demand for its adviser tech software solution increases. Rutty will play a pivotal role in orchestrating the seamless onboarding of financial advisers to deliver ...

WA government seeks to improve WA's ESG outcomes

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
The McGowan government has released Western Australia's first-ever environment, social and governance (ESG) information pack to inform a broad range of investors considering the state as an investment destination. The pack has been developed primarily ...

Future Fund hires chief economist

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
The $199 billion sovereign wealth fund hired from Wellington Management for its inaugural chief economist. Toby Johnston will commence the role on January 27 and will report directly to the Future Fund's chief investment officer Sue Brake. He will lead ...

ASIC enforces licence conditions on ASX

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
The corporate regulator concluded its investigation of the ASX market outage and imposed conditions to mitigate risks for future upgrades. Conditions have been imposed on the market licence of ASX Limited, and the clearing and facility licence of ASX ...

Equip appoints head of retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
Promoting from within, the superannuation fund has created the role to strengthen its offering to retired members to optimise their outcomes. Sam Higgie has been appointed to the role, following three years working on the fund's product strategy. Prior ...

CBA receives regulatory approval for CFS sale

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) today announced all regulatory approvals have been received for the sale of a 55% interest in Colonial First State (CFS) to leading global investment firm KKR. The transaction is expected to complete on 1 December ...

APRA hones in on post-retirement products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
APRA is adamant that retirement income products will not suffer the same fate as income protection insurance as it looks to tighten its belt in regulating the post-retirement phase. The prudential regulator's deputy chair Helen Rowell spoke of the ...