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Mercer hires regional endowments lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Mercer has appointed a lead for its endowments and foundations unit, hiring a long-serving Russell Investments director. Rebekah Dunn is Mercer's new head of endowments and foundations, responsible for overseeing the Pacific region. Dunn spent over ...

Retail funds to benefit from YFYS test changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
Retail superannuation funds from AMP, Australian Ethical and Russell Investments will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the last-minute change to administration fee treatment in YFYS performance tests, says Industry Super Australia. The new performance ...

Advised clients 5.2% better off

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... has been able to boost a client's portfolio by 5.2% per annum, according to new research. The fourth annual Russell Investments Value of an Adviser Report found that advisers' biggest contribution to clients is their behavioural coaching role, which ...

Frontier hires former Perpetual head of infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
... space, behind JANA which had a 31.7% slice, and ahead of international consultants such as Willis Towers Watson, Mercer and Russell. In recent years it has looked to diversify both its client base and offering, as its traditional clientele of superannuation ...

New equality push in investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... signatories so far are AllianceBernstein, Australian Ethical Investment, Challenger, First Sentier Investors, Mercer, QIC, Russell Investment Group and State Street Global Advisors Australia. As part of its commitment, First Sentier Investors has set ...

Six new ombudsmen at AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... ombudsman in insurance. Daniel King has been promoted to an adjudicator role in insurance. They join Emma Curtis and Suanne Russell, who recently joined the organisation, from ASIC and Westpac respectively. Deputy chief ombudsman June Smith said: "It's ...

New role for Mutual Trust investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... Bibby is now Partners Wealth Group's chief investment officer. He has 25 years of experience, including in consulting at Russell and Mercer. He was the chief investment officer at Mutual Trust for four years ending March, and at AIA Australia for about ...

Preqin expands local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... Awrna has joined as a research associate. Both report to Preqin's associate vice president for Australasia data Benjamin Russell, who was recently promoted to the role from senior research associate. The two are Preqin's first on the ground researchers ...

New chief operating officer at Zurich

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... acquisition by Zurich. He previously held senior roles at ING Australia, TOWER, MetLife and AMP. SGLA chief executive Dion Russell commented: "We are absolutely thrilled to have someone of Gavin's calibre leading our board. His life insurance expertise ...

Russell wins mandates worth $285m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Russell Investments has won corporate superannuation mandates from three employers amounting to $285 million. Clayton Utz, Byrnecut Group and an unnamed reinsurer have tasked the Russell Investments Master Trust to oversee their employees' superannuation ...