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Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... climate crisis and the need for immediate action to reverse its negative impact. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) cites a Swiss Re report reporting that "the effects of climate change can be expected to shave 11% to 14% off global economic output ...

ClearView bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... where he was chief risk officer for Australia and head of research. Prior to that, he was corporate actuarial manager at Swiss Re and chief actuary at ANZ Wealth. "Given my background and experience, I can bring the perspectives of risk management, product ...

Mercer adds investment, superannuation experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... investment and remuneration." Meanwhile, Jim Minto will join the board of Mercer Superannuation. Minto is currently the chair of Swiss Re and Partners Life, and sits on the boards of the National Disability Insurance Agency and Dai-ichi Life Asia Pacific. ...

Trading platform names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... working in executive roles based in Singapore, the US and UK. Her prior experience includes working at Willis Towers Watson, Swiss Re and Brown Shipley. SelfWealth also appointed managing director Rob Edgley as chair, replacing Tony Lally, who will remain ...

Kin Group bids to takeover McPherson's

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
Family office Kin Group has moved to acquire consumer products and wellness company McPherson's via its subsidiary Gallin. Gallin is offering McPherson's (ASX: MCP) investors $1.34 per share, a 9.8% premium on the 24 March 2021 close price of ...

Bell AM wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... sub-advisory, fee share agreement. In turn, Bell was to UBP with market intelligence on Aussie institutional investors, as the Swiss bank sent a distribution lead from its Geneva office to Australia to establish relationships for its existing funds. ...

Colonial First State names head of insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... months as head of group pricing. He brings more than 20 years' experience in insurance, having also held senior roles with Swiss Re and Hannover Life Re Australasia. He also spent over five years at MLC working across group life, retail, and direct life ...

Vatican shakes up financial management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra reported that all Centurion investment funds were held by Banca Zarattini, a small Swiss bank which has been implicated in an international money laundering investigation. The Pope first wrote to the relevant parties ...

Ares bids for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... senior roles here and the US. He spent over 24 years at Credit Suisse. De Ferrari on the other hand spent 17 years at the Swiss firm, working as the chief executive of South East Asia and frontier markets before taking the helm at AMP in 2018. David ...

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... Cherry Hill, Germany's Deutsche Bank and Canada's Scotiabank. Bank Hapoalim, Israel's largest bank, and its Swiss subsidiary are set to pay a total of US$904 million to state and federal authorities in separate settlements. One case relates ...