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WTW appoints Australia segment head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
Willis Towers Watson has appointed a head for financial solutions for Australia and New Zealand, as it looks to expand its insurance products in the region. Lee Garvey will oversee the segment, which will develop products including credit and non-payment ...

LaSalle appoints new APAC chief

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... investment officer of Asia Pacific Mark Gabbay has been promoted to the role of LaSalle global chief executive as current chief Jeff Jacobson steps down. Jacobson has held the role for 14 years and will transition to chair until at least June 2021. In ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Charles Emond, CPP Investments president and chief Mark Machin, HOOPP president, chief executive and chief investment officer Jeff Wendling, OMERS president and chief Blake Hutcheson, OTPP president and chief executive Jo Taylor, and PSP Investments ...

EQT names chair, compliance member

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The responsible entity for some of Australia's largest funds has made changes to its compliance committee and appointed a new chair to its board. Equity Trustees has announced Glenn Sedgwick has joined the responsible entity compliance committee (RECC) ...

Morningstar creates chief ratings officer role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
Morningstar has created a new chief ratings officer position and combined the leadership roles of two research units. From 1 January 2021, two long-serving employees will take on new titles as the Chicago-based firm restructures its investment coverage ...

LaSalle joins 2050 club

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... a global carbon strategy to achieve NZC alongside other important sustainability goals," it said. LaSalle chief executive Jeff Jacobson said the company is committed to doing right by its clients, its people and the planet. "When we invest in ESG best ...

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Global banks have paid out around US$10.5 billion in fines so far this year, with Westpac taking out third place thanks to the AUSTRAC scandal. The research, provided by Finbold, listed the top 10 biggest fines paid by global banks with US institutions ...

NZ firm hires 10 analysts in Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
A New Zealand investment bank with expansion plans in Australia has revealed a "heavyweight" line-up of investment professionals joining its equities research team. Jarden announced it would be expanding into the Australian market in May of this year ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan will be forced to cough up more than $1.3 billion (US$920 million) after entering into an agreement with the US Department of Justice, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The agreements ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... Marcia Moffat, the chief executive of BlackRock Asset Management Canada. A few months earlier, global head of human resources Jeff Smith, was removed for having an affair with a subordinate, Bloomberg reported. Many firms are reckoning with their sexual ...