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Perpetual appoints head of equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
Perpetual has promoted Vince Pezzullo to head of equities within Perpetual Asset Management Australia. Pezzullo's appointment follows the resignation of current head of equities Paul Skamvougeras. Despite his departure from the role, Skamvougeras ...

JANA names new principal consultants

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
JANA Investment Advisers has promoted four staff members to principal consultants, including Jo Leaper, its high-profile head of operational consulting. Leaper has aspired to this role since joining the asset consultant 12 years ago. "I am incredibly ...

ASX dumps CHESS replacement project

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
More than seven years on from when talk of a CHESS replacement began, the ASX has confirmed it will go back to the drawing board, writing off about $255 million in investment already made. The bourse first touted it would look to replace CHESS in February ...

Financial services sector reports highest rates of burnout

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
New data reveals 64% of banking and financial services employees have felt burnt out or emotionally overloaded from work in the last 12 months. Slack APAC research titled Leadership and the war for talent surveyed 1000 knowledge workers in Australia. ...

Insignia revamps wrap platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... MLC Life Insurance has been added to the retail insurance offer for super clients, to complement the existing panel of AIA, TAL, and Zurich. Among other changes developed in partnership with advisers, clients now have the option of choosing their preferred ...

Super heads support capping retirement balances

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
At the Australian Financial Review (AFR) Super and Wealth Summit, super fund chiefs agreed that the tax concessions on bloated retirement savings accounts should be trimmed. The panel on the strategic directions for super consisted of Mercer Australia ...

TAL launches Professional Year platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... unveiled a new digital platform that promises to keep track of all Professional Year requirements and achievements. Developed by TAL's Risk Academy team, in collaboration with several licensees, PY Manager allows licensees, financial advisers and new ...

Equipsuper investment chief on re-energising his team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
In anticipation of a recession, Equipsuper chief investment officer Andrew Howard says the revamp is the culmination of a six-month drive to get the right people in place. Providing an update to Industry Moves, Howard says he's confident the fund ...

Westpac updates on strategic priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... businesses. It said it has progressed the sale of three businesses in the past year, including its life insurance business to TAL, and also offloaded its superannuation division to Mercer. In relation to the long-awaited sale of BT Panorama, Westpac ...

CALI backed by industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... General Reinsurance Life, HCF Life, MetLife Australia, Munich Re, Pacific Life Re, RGA Reinsurance, SCOR Life & Health, and TAL. CALI co-chairs, AIA Australia chief executive and managing director Damien Mu and TAL group chief executive and managing ...