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The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
Quo vadis inflation? The minutes of the Fed's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting revealed Yellen & Co's continued confusion over the unresponsiveness of consumer price inflation to undeniably solid growth in the economy. According to the minutes ...

Willis Towers Watson bolsters Sydney investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
Willis Towers Watson is expanding its portfolio management capabilities, appointing a senior portfolio specialist and two analysts to its Sydney team. Former BlackRock director Oliver Berry, who was responsible for institutional sales for iShares in ...

Deutsche AM maps impact of climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
Deutsche Asset Management is introducing a new approach to climate risk management, now mapping the physical location of corporate facilities and their exposure to climate risks. Partnering with a California-based climate intelligence advisory firm ...

TelstraSuper names new technology executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Corporate superannuation fund TelstraSuper is driving ahead with its technology and business transformation with the appointment of a new executive general manager technology. Karen Symes, who has been the chief information and innovation officer at ...

Westpac to welcome new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Westpac will farewell its current chief risk officer next year and has named the man to inherit the role. Alexandra Holcomb will retire in 2018 following 21 years at Westpac. For the past three years Holcomb served as chief risk officer and has also ...

Industry fund appoints governance and risk head

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
An industry superannuation fund is meeting the increasingly complex nature of the super system head on with the appointment of an executive officer, governance and risk. Natalie Alford, formerly of APRA, will lead the Equip Super's governance, risk ...

Janus Henderson recruits credit strategist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
Omega Global Investors' head of portfolio management will join Janus Henderson Investors in the New Year. Joining the Australian Fixed Interest team as a credit strategist, Shan Kwee will commence in the new role from January 2018. Kwee will focus on ...

US recommends asset manager stress tests be removed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
US Treasury released a report overnight that makes several recommendations for its financial services industry, including the elimination of statutory stress testing for investment managers. The stress testing call came as part of several recommendations ...

Regal farewells co-founder in board makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
One of the co-founders of Regal Funds Management has stepped down from his non-executive director position on the firm's board. In what was described as the final step in his transition away from the $1.4 billion manager, Andrew King stepped down from ...

Crestone names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
The former chief economist at UBS Australia is Crestone Wealth Management's new chief investment officer. Regarded as one of Australia's leading investment experts, Scott Haslem will lead Crestone's investment team as of January 2018, replacing David ...