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Australia imposes further sanctions on Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
Australia has increased the economic costs to Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, by applying an additional tariff of 35% for all imports from Russia and its ally Belarus. This further sanctioning of Russia will see Australia issue a formal notification ...

New distribution head at Perennial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
Perennial Partners has a new head of distribution and a new institutional sales director. Cesar Farfan, currently Perennial's head of retail distribution, has been promoted to the position of head of distribution. In his new position Farfan will ...

Westpac now an open book on pay

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
Westpac has informed employees they are now free to discuss their salaries with one another, saying it will no longer enforce confidentiality clauses in contracts. Making the announcement yesterday, Westpac said its decision actually dates back to December ...

GAM loses insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
The investment manager has disclosed the loss of a substantial institutional mandate and, in a separate matter, seen the details of a 2018 misconduct investigation aired by the UK regulator. Overnight GAM International announced an unnamed institutional ...

ASIC extends relief for retirement estimates

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
ASIC has extended the relief for superannuation trustees who give their members retirement estimates as part of their periodic statements. The existing relief has been extended for a period of nine months, which the regulator said will allow superannuation ...

Tough news for those already doing it tough

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
With unemployment at a record low, those left out of Australia's booming jobs market are not being shown much sympathy in the new Federal Budget. No payment increases were announced for the unemployed, despite cost of living pressures being felt Australia-wide. ...

Janus Henderson investments chief retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The global chief investment officer of Janus Henderson will retire this week after nine years with the firm. Enrique Chang will retire on April 1, following five years as the global firm's investments lead. His decision comes in the same week the firm ...

More Diversa super products to wind up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
Citing members' best interests, the trustee is closing several of OneSuper's sub-plans due to lack of scale. Diversa Trustees' OneSuper, formerly known as Smartsave, is home to 14 superannuation offerings including Allan Gray Superannuation ...

McLaren to leave BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
BT's longstanding head of investment research and governance Marnie McLaren is leaving the organisation. A spokesperson for BT confirmed that McLaren will leave in April as part of broader changes in the business. "As part of becoming a simpler ...

abrdn establishes Sustainability Group, promotes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
Commitment to sustainability is ramping up at abrdn, with the global manager announcing a dedicated business division and promoting its local ESG lead. abrdn's new Sustainability Group will provide subject matter expertise to the broader group's ...