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VicSuper PM jumps for industry fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
The portfolio manager for responsible investments at VicSuper has resigned ahead of the fund's merger with First State Super, jumping ship for an industry super fund. Kim Farrant has been appointed as the head of ESG at Hostplus. She had been with ...

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
Uh-oh, I may have to put the letters "W" and "R" in front of my last name (Ong) cause that's what my last prognosis for the US economy and the Fed's response is turning out to be. I've been among those pencilling in a recession when the ...

Yarra chief operating officer departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
The chief operating officer of Yarra Capital Management has retired. Speaking to Financial Standard's sister publication Industry Moves, a spokesperson confirmed Brett Davidson has left the chief operating officer role. "With the business three years ...

Perpetual announces new executive hire

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
Perpetual has announced who will fill a newly created chief operating officer role, hiring from a global asset manager. Amanda Gazal is set to take up the position in April this year, joining the Perpetual team from her role as DWS Group chief operating ...

Fund manager hires from Paradice

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
An active investment management firm has appointed a new head of operations, plucked straight from Paradice Investment Management. Suzanne Bentley has snagged the role at Perennial Value Management, following an "extensive search" for the perfect candidate. ...

Super fund admits its gender pay gap increased

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
An ethical super fund has published all the work it does internally to promote gender equality, admitting its own gender pay gap grew in favour of men. Future Super, which has about $350 million of members' money, began reviewing its gender pay gap ...

ISA demands pull Combet from ME Bank

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
Former politician Greg Combet has retired from the board of ME Bank, as his commitments to industry super heat up. Combet is departing the industry fund-owned bank after five years on the board, which commenced in November 2014. The former Labor minister ...

Industry super steps up SG campaign as RBA weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... are to forgo what otherwise might have been faster wages growth." Asked to clarify the bank's perspective by committee chair Tim Wilson, Ellis confirmed the RBA considers increases to the SG are mostly derived from wages. "The way we've looked at ...

How to lose a mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
A concern other than the usual key personnel and fee changes is gaining traction among institutional investors in triggering unplanned reviews of external investment mandates, says new research. CoreData surveyed 117 institutional investors from around ...

Calls for disability insurance reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
The Actuaries Institute has called for urgent reform of Australia's $5 billion disability income insurance sector. The institute said it has established a taskforce saying that failure to implement significant changes will reduce consumer access to ...