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Fidelity makes key sales appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
Fidelity International has made two key leadership appointments within its Australian distribution team. Lukasz de Pourbaix has been appointed head of strategic sales and solutions and Lauren Jackson head of wholesale sales. In this newly created role ...

Perpetual halves investment in embattled Star

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
Perpetual has almost halved its holding in embattled Star Entertainment as the casino operator continues to face governance and financial woes. Perpetual notified investors after the market close yesterday that it had sold 129.7 million shares at around ...

Funds SA adds to leadership team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... responsible for enterprise technology and the investment data and analytics architecture. She is a regular speaker and thought leader at domestic and international conferences and industry events. Before joining the $46 billion Adelaide-based fund, as ...

E&P Financial advances delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
E&P Financial Group will delist from the ASX after shareholders narrowly approved the move at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). Some 76.5% of E&P shareholders agreed that the company should delist at the EGM held on November 1. The delisting ...

Westpac profits drop as it prepares for leadership change

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
Westpac posted a 3% fall in net profit to $7 billion, while unveiling a final dividend of 76 cents for the half and a $1 billion increase to the existing share buyback programme. "Our disciplined performance in FY24 has set Westpac up for growth and ...

AustralianSuper bids farewell to retirement chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... understanding of how retirement is different and deeply personal for each member," Schroder said. Blackmore was also a great leader through challenging times, most prominently, the COVID-19 pandemic, he said. "During that time Shawn worked tirelessly ...

Cbus names chief strategy officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... benefitting from his strategic insights as our member-centric fund moves into its next phase," he said. Dean has been a leader in the superannuation industry for many years. During his six years as chief executive at ISA, he led marketing and advocacy ...

GAM hires new local lead from Bennelong

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
GAM Investments has appointed Eric Finnell as the new managing director for Australia, replacing Alex Zaika who left in September to take the helm of Global X Australia. Based in Sydney, Finnell will work alongside client directors Daniel Sharp and ...

Cbus implements senior redundancies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
Cbus has made several senior staff redundant in pursuit of its growth strategy. The $94 billion industry fund has let go of its head of compliance, acting head of brand and marketing, head of marketing, communications, and insights, head of strategy ...

UBS terminates Future Leaders small cap fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... years after its Australian launch. The fund, which was an actively managed global strategy of 40 to 60 small cap "future leader" stocks, designed to provide investors with exposure to high-quality companies, was wound up on October 18. The strategy sought ...