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Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... TripAdvisor and Fitbit among its customers. Earlier this year Bugcrowd established a Sydney office as well as offices in Boston and London to meet growing demand. The latest round of fundraising was spearheaded by US multi-strategy asset management firm ...

Wells Fargo opens up on pay gaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... marketplace," Branca said. Wells Fargo opted to disclose its pay gaps in response to a gender pay shareholder proposal issued by Boston-based impact investment firm Arjuna Capital, which has been pressuring major US financial institutions for some time. ...

Citigroup takes action on pay inequality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... confirmed it is taking steps to disclose gender and ethnicity wage data after being presented with a shareholder resolution by Boston-based impact investment firm Arjuna Capital. In 2017 Arjuna Capital also issued resolutions to Bank of America, MasterCard ...

SSGA sales head lands top job, successor named

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
The head of managed fund sales at State Street Global Advisors in Australia is relocating to the US headquarters in Boston for a senior role. Starting in the new year, Amy Johnston will lead a sales team across the Americas servicing corporates, endowments ...

Global manager to merge key investment firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... BNY Mellon Investment Management has announced that Mellon Capital Management, Standish Mellon Asset Management and The Boston Company Asset Management will be combined to offer active and passive, single and multi-asset investment strategies to institutional ...

Westpac to welcome new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... endure a complex regulatory environment. Prior to RBS, Stephen has also worked with Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston and also spent five years at ANZ in senior risk roles. Just last week, Westpac reported a solid full-year net profit of $7.9 ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... US pooled funds, fuelled in part by an expansion of operations in the area that included sales and compliance staff in Boston and a multi-asset investments team in New York. "It's interesting because if you look at the US, more than anywhere else, so ...

State Street global chief to retire

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... the past three decades Hooley dipped in and out of the firm, serving as president of National Financial Data Services and Boston Financial Data Services in the interim. After rejoining in 2000, Hooley took the reins at State Street's global investment ...

Active management culture shifts boardroom discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... said. MFS Investment is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Global Equity Trust operating in Australia and overall the Boston-based firm manages about $30 billion in Australian assets. Geremia said this point speaks to how active managers must build ...

Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... Profit margins of asset managers globally contracted for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis, research from the Boston Consulting Group shows, warning fee pressures are continuing to rise across the industry. Despite global assets under ...