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New role for Mercer chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Outgoing Mercer Australia chief executive Ben Walsh is set to join the executive leadership of one of the nation's largest life insurers. AIA Australia have appointed Walsh as chief life insurance officer, a newly created role that will see the long-time ...

Mercer chief executive to step down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Mercer Australia chief executive Ben Walsh is set to leave the global consulting firm within months, with an internal candidate picked to succeed him in the interim. In a statement, Mercer revealed Walsh would end his four year tenure as head of the ...

Sargon lender sends in voluntary administrators

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... after working for about 13 years each at KPMG Australia and McGrathNicol. He worked on Dick Smith Electronics' high-profile bankruptcy, where he was the administrator as the company was liquidated.

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
The global thematic funds landscape has increased almost threefold over the past three years, with assets under management swelling to $295 billion (US$195 billion) worldwide. That's according to the latest Morningstar report, which analyses the key ...

Vanguard insto head jumps to super fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... employers. We need to leverage our digital capability to deliver seamless service experiences and build our brand and profile within the community," Chun said about the appointment. "Matt's insight and leadership will be instrumental in helping us ...

Morningstar boosts financial planning capabilities

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Morningstar will acquire a Canadian financial planning and risk-profiling software firm, in a bid to expand its advice capabilities world-wide. Morningstar has acquired PlanPlus Global, whose FinaMetrica Profiler risk software is currently available ...

Fidelity sweeps Morningstar Australia Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Fidelity International scored two wins at the 2020 Morningstar Australia Awards, while passive investing giant Vanguard beat active managers in the multi-asset category. The awards were spread across eight categories, with the winners announced last ...

TCorp launches new bond

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... "This transaction represented a great opportunity to issue into a tenor to complement our strategy of lengthening the debt profile while diversifying the investor base. "In Europe, there is more appetite for this type of debt." Separately, TCorp recently ...

More US giants added to Chi-X TraCRs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... management industry, we are continuing to build on our position as an integral marketplace." In Financial Standard's latest profile, Jokovic reveals his prediction that Chi-X Australia will be acquired within 12 to 18 months. "We are on the radar ...

GAM profits fall 92%, management team overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... at $16 million (CHF 10.5 million), down from $194 million (CHF 126.7 million) the previous year. Last year's high-profile scandal involving fixed income investment director Tim Haywood's "gross misconduct" is largely to blame, with investors ...