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New director joins Rest board

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
Rest has appointed a board d irector with extensive experience in corporate superannuation. Joanne Lester commenced as a director on 6 April 2022 as an employer representative nominated by the Australian Retailers Association. She had previously served ...

EQT wins AFL Players' Association mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Equity Trustees will now manage the $150 million AFL Players' Association Retirement Account. Following a competitive tender process, AFLPA has appointed EQT to manage the fund, having already provided administrative services since 2011. The mandate ...

Oliver Wyman recruits former Westpac executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
The former chief executive of Westpac's institutional bank has moved to a consultancy firm as a senior adviser. Lyn Cobley joins Oliver Wyman, a subsidiary of Marsh McLennan, as the firm ramps up its sustainability offering to clients and presence in ...

ESR Group completes ARA acquisition

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
ESR Cayman Limited (ESR) completed its acquisition of ARA Asset Management (ARA), including its subsidiary LOGOS. The US$5.2 billion transaction has transformed ESR Group into Asia Pacific's largest real asset manager powered by the New Economy ...

WTW Australia names head of sustainable investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
Willis Towers Watson has appointed a head of sustainable investment, promoting a senior investment consultant to the newly created role. Tim Unger has been appointed head of sustainable investment for Australia effective immediately. He's been with ...

Multi-family office adds lead regional role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
A global multi-family office has appointed a managing director, head of family office services for Asia Pacific as part of a broader expansion. Alvarium Investments has welcomed Peter Golovsky to the role, joining from IQ-EQ in Hong Kong where he was ...

Australian Ethical makes strategic investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
Australian Ethical has made a strategic investment in Main Sequence, a deep technology investment fund founded by the CSIRO. Main Sequence welcomed the investment, saying that it will apply venture capital to play a role in solving challenges in health ...

DDO nil-reporting rule scrapped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
In a win for financial advisers, the Design and Distribution Obligations (DDO) regime will scrap the nil-reporting rule. In the Updated amendments to the design and distribution obligations document released by Treasury, advisers will no longer be required ...

Evalesco acquires boutique firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
Evalesco Financial Services recently finalised the acquisition of former Association of Financial Advisers national president Marc Bineham's advice firm. Evalesco, led by Marshall Brentnall, Jeff Thurecht and Jules Knox, has taken on Noall & Co's ...

SelfWealth to add crypto trading

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
SelfWealth is responding to the booming interest in cryptocurrency investing by adding a crypto exchange to its platform. SelfWealth chief executive Cath Whitaker said retail investors would be able to buy and sell popular cryptocurrencies in real-time ...