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FSC encourages investment team diversity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... support women entering and progressing in the workforce. "Firms are constantly looking to improve the way they go about business, and we know that diversity can and does play a critical role in enhancing business outcomes," she said. "This is an invaluable ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... Investment (PRI) Leaders' Group 2020, all celebrated for their responsible investment work in climate reporting. While the leaders group was largely evenly split between investment managers and asset owners, there was a better representation of asset ...

IOOF names licensee chiefs, acquires platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... roles at American Express. Wealth Central was founded by Tim Woodhouse, a former Avant Solutions managing director, ING business development manager and Commonwealth Bank senior manager. IOOF chief executive Renato Mota said Wealth Central is an important ...

Actuary of the Year named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... more than 80 actuaries, who volunteered to assess the potential impact of the pandemic on the profession, public policy, business and the community. A Pandemic Resource Centre was established by the group to help actuaries support their companies in ...

Industry fund adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... 10 years in Hong Kong before returning to Yass, New South Wales, where she is a partner in her family's mixed farming business. Harker also sits on the board of the NSW government's Local Land Services, which provides services such as agricultural production ...

Global fund manager enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... Harrison spent nearly 15 years at BNP Paribas Asset Management, working extensively across relationship management and business development management, before establishing 3PD with Larkin. "3PD's knowledge and experience bring institutional investors ...

Boe Pahari steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... effective immediately, and will resume work at his previous level with a focus on AMP Capital's infrastructure equity business. AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari will assume direct leadership of the AMP Capital business on an interim basis ...

Impact investing seeks to address racial inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
A new initiative in the US, with $4 million in backing from J.P. Morgan Chase, has seen a small business lender and an impact investor come together to address racial inequality. CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners, which describes ...

GAM records $19bn in outflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... of its ongoing efficiency programme, which largely stemmed from a reduced headcount. GAM plans to further simplify its business over the coming two years. "Our operations have remained resilient and productivity has remained high in a COVID-19 remote ...

Westpac names chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... senior positions at KPMG, ANZ and ING Australia. "Michael's experience is broad across both chief financial officer and business leadership roles," King said. "In particular, Michael's expertise in business restricting, delivering sustainable productivity ...