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Christian Super appoints new chief investment officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
Christian Super chief investment officer Tim Macready is stepping down after 15 years with the $3 billion fund. Macready is moving on to focus on his work with impact investment firm Brightlight. Mark Rider will be stepping into the chief investment ...

Adviser salaries unchanged: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... consultant Simon Gvalda said. "Recent trends demonstrate that most people take on the paraplanning role to create a strong foundation in the financial planning field, and utilise the experience to transition into other roles within the financial services ...

AMP Capital names real estate head replacement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... team. "With over 60 years' heritage in managing iconic real estate for local and global investors, we have an excellent foundation of depth of talent, premium assets and great client relationships on which to grow the business," O'Connor said. "While ...

Calls for financial services to include procurement targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
First Nations Foundation (FNF) has also called on the financial services industry to aim to include procurement targets in their Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) development. The Indigenous-led not-for-profit promoting financial literacy made the call ...

Wealth manager takes massive profit hit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
A global pandemic and subsequent market volatility have hit wealth manager AMP, taking a near 50% profit hit compared to the same period last year. AMP provided an update on its 2020 interim operating earnings to the ASX, citing the impact from market ...

Good quarter but bad year for US instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Northern Trust's survey of its American not-for-profit institutional clients found strong performance in the June quarter but year-to-date returns are still negative at pension funds and the like. Public funds -- which have about 50% in equities -- ...

Cbus appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Cbus has named its new chief executive, hiring a former VFMC chief executive to fill the role. Justin Arter will take over as chief executive of the $50 billion fund in late August, replacing David Atkins. Arter is currently working as a consultant ...

Giselle Roux joins Melbourne boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
The former chief investment officer of Escala Partners and JBWere has joined a Melbourne boutique in an investment advisory role. Roux left Escala in August 2019 after six years with the firm, following US-based Focus Financial Partners taking a stake ...

No such thing as a free lunch: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... borrow more money, but warned the central bank will not directly provide funding. Giving his annual address to the Anika Foundation, Lowe stressed that while the subject of the RBA using its balance sheet to create money for the federal government comes ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... "the US federal government assumed all the debt incurred by the US states during the War of Independence, laying the foundation for a strong central federal government in the United States". (Peterson Institute for International Economics) Perhaps Europe ...