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Mercer adds investment, superannuation experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... Services. Joining the board alongside Gosling is Alice Williams, who is currently chair of the investment committee for Defence Health and chair of the audit committee for Djerriwarrh Investments. "We are very fortunate to have two esteemed industry ...

MetLife announces suite of product changes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
MetLife has made a range of product changes, attempting to address concerns about rising premiums. The insurer will now offer a three-year rate guarantee for all lump sum retail products. For the first three years of a new retail policy, MetLife will ...

Kin Group bids to takeover McPherson's

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... December 2020. Gallin claimed this also eroded investor confidence in the company's governance. McPherson's is a health and wellness brand supplying pharmacies and supermarkets in Australia and New Zealand. It distributes well-known brands like ...

New finance, operations GM at Australian Unity

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Australian Unity has appointed a general manager of finance, commercial and operations for its wealth and capital markets unit. Jenny Saliba was most recently the chief financial officer of ASX-listed firm Think Childcare, where she helped lead a business ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments will relaunch its Australian equities fund, taking it from ESG to tighter SRI criteria. The $40 million fund managed by Michelle Lopez has so far used ESG criteria (which the firm says is embedded in all its strategies). ...

ADB invests in sustainable start-ups

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has made its first investments in start-ups that help address development challenges in emerging countries, mainly focusing on climate and gender impact. The ADB Ventures Equity Fund, the bank's first investment fund ...

Sydney boutique to buy a slice of Investec assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
A Sydney private debt manager will acquire a portion of South African Investec's local debt portfolio, as the latter exits Australia. Metrics Credit Partners has reached an agreement to buy Investec's local corporate and acquisition finance ...

COVID-19 spurs robo-advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... their way of life, saving for the future has become their third priority. The Schroders US Retirement survey found that health and fitness (53%) became a top priority, followed by spending time with the family (39%) and figuring out what to watch on ...

APRA outlines indemnity measures

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... the super sector for over seven years, will take over primary responsibility for overseeing the general, life and private health insurance sector.

Chief economist update: BOE not letting its guard down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... remains unusually uncertain. It continues to depend on the evolution of the pandemic, measures taken to protect public health, and how households, businesses and financial markets respond to these developments". It should have added the risk of the EU's ...