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Rest names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
A former Morningstar investment lead has been appointed inaugural chief investment officer of the $54 billion industry superannuation fund. Rest has named Andrew Lill as chief investment officer, joining from Morningstar Investment Management where ...

Former BMO head joins big four executive line-up

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
A former business banking head at the Bank of Montreal will relocate to Australia, after he nabbed a role as the group executive of business and private banking at one of the country's big four banks. Andrew Irvine has been appointed in the role at ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... fades away or a vaccine is discovered, Eurozone authorities will next have to contend next with a trade war with Trump. America threatened to impose additional tariffs worth around US$3.1 billion of exports from France, Germany, Spain and the UK. That ...

Disgraced lobbyist charged

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... Abramoff only served 43 months in jail for his prior sentence, during which he wrote an autobiographical book about being "America's most notorious lobbyist". The corruption investigation of which he was at the center saw 21 people plead guilty, including ...

Pinnacle hires Japan sales exec

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
ASX-listed multi-boutique house Pinnacle Investment Management has hired Colonial First State Global Asset Management's former Japanese sales lead, as it looks to build its presence in the region. Hajime Kobayashi joined Pinnacle last month, as ...

HLB appoints chair

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... "Over the past 15 years, our client base has really evolved and now attracts clients from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America," he said. "Having extensive experience with Asia Pacific clients in particular will provide me with a greater understanding ...

Super fund names chief risk officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
An $85 billion industry superannuation fund has named a new chief risk officer. UniSuper, the fund for the higher education and research sector, today announced the appointment of Andrew Raftis as its new chief risk officer. Raftis will lead UniSuper's ...

AMP Capital names new chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... international experience in financial services, including with Citigroup, Commonwealth Bank and 13 years with ABN AMRO in North America, Europe and Asia. "I'm honoured to have been appointed as chief executive of AMP Capital and to be entrusted with ...

Schroders nabs Mercer product boss

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
The regional head of Mercer's product and solutions management offerings has jumped ship, joining Schroders as head of product. Schroders has hired Natalie Morcos as the firm's local head of product. Morcos replaces the US-bound incumbent Stephen Kwa ...

Asset managers leverage tech, outsourcing for growth

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... profitable growth beyond 2020 will require more than finding new streams of revenue or reducing costs," Northern Trust North America head of global fund services Ryan Burns said. "The most successful asset managers are rethinking their operating models ...