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Activist investor hires distribution lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... at MSCI, a director at asset manager BlackRock and worked with the credit analysis and relationship management team at Westpac. As a specialist activist investor, Sandon Capital regularly engages with company boards and fellow shareholders to unlock ...

Legalsuper celebrates double digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... listed equities, while 10% is in infrastructure and 9% is in fixed interest. Some of its largest equity holdings include Westpac, BHP Group, CSL, Commonwealth Bank, and NAB. Internationally, the fund has most of its exposures via funds offered by State ...

Life insurer chief executives step down, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... Acenda Group is set to welcome a group chief executive, as Kent Griffin and Tim Tez announce their departures. Former Westpac executive Chris de Bruin has been appointed chief executive of Acenda Group, subject to regulatory approvals of the merger between ...

New SMSF industry body launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... trustees and professionals explore investing in the digital economy in a responsible and compliant way. A former NAB and Westpac executive, Cooper is currently the chief executive of cryptocurrency platform OKX Australia, a role she assumed in early ...

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... from Rest where he was head of enterprise risk up until December last year. Prior to that, he held senior risk roles with Westpac and BT Financial Group and is the former head of finance and governance at AustSafe Super which merged with Sunsuper in ...

Mason Stevens welcomes chief strategy officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... office at Morgan Stanley for more than six years. Over the last 25 years, he's also held roles with Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Merrill Lynch, AXA, and UBS. Mermelas said he is thrilled to be joining Mason Stevens at this time; Adamantem Capital recently ...

AFCA looks to expand jurisdiction over receiving banks in scams

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... confirm they have paid their fees by checking the member portal in the 'Invoice' section or request a receipt when paying by Westpac PayWay. For those that still require a certificate for other uses, AFCA said it is "engaging closely with industry and ...

Tariffs were never the answer: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... but in the end all it does is increase costs, displaces competitive production and leads to lower and slower growth." Westpac chief economist Luci Ellis agreed, labelling Liberation Day "an act of economic self-harm by the US." "Tariffs are self-destructive... ...

LGT Crestone poaches CRO from Challenger

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... ASIC regulator, a PwC partner for risk advisory services and a chief risk and compliance officer at Superpartners, BT and Westpac.

QTC names new chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... three year stint at TCorp, he served as global head of debt markets at Commonwealth Bank and earlier held similar roles at Westpac and RBC Capital. QTC chair Damien Frawley welcomed the appointment. "Mr Ling's extensive knowledge of global financial ...