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Most in-demand skills for financial services workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... data-driven insights to deliver personalised and seamless customer journeys. Content will remain invaluable," Perceptor director Richard Baker said. Baker said superannuation and the broader wealth management sector have been steady but subdued, with ...

Funds SA chief investment officer exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
Funds SA is on the hunt for a new chief investment officer. The $43 billion asset manager confirmed Richard Friend is departing after almost eight years in the role. Friend joined Funds SA in December 2016 to lead the investment team, coming across ...

T. Rowe Price appoints local operations chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... experiences," she added. Chamberlain is the second executive to be brought to Australia from another major market. Last December, Richard Coghlan was transferred from Japan to oversee the firm's multi-asset global investment strategies team on the ...

UniSuper selects new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... excellence in all of our offerings, and insurance is no exception," he said. Equally, MetLife Australia chief executive Richard Nunn said he is thrilled to be partnering with UniSuper. "The strength of our digital offering, customer focused approach ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... Catholic Super partnered with Equipsuper under an extended public offer in 2019. At the time, Challenger chief executive Richard Howes said the firm had considered an ADI licence for two years and the MyLife MyFinance investment in technology would allow ...

Former Schroders chief joins private markets firm

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... several recent hires, including Scott Dingle, the former local head of private equity at Partners Group, Peeyush Gupta and Richard Gregson from Equity Partners. Before his two years as chief of Schroders, Hallinan served as chief executive of Nikko AM ...

Half of super funds to close in coming decade: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... societies and credit unions, that have maintained long-term market position," Mercer principal and report lead author Richard Dunn said. As for superannuation platform providers, currently about 25% of super funds are platforms or have large portions ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... rejected the concept of a specific tax or levy to fund aged care, as has been previously suggested. Both Royal Commissioners Richard Tracey and Lynelle Briggs recommended a levy of 1% of a person's taxable income be paid to fund the nation's ...

MetLife chair Geoff Brunsdon retires after 13 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... our business has been significant over that time. I thank him for his dedication and service," MetLife chief executive Richard Nunn said. Set to replace Brunsdon is independent non-executive director Nicola Wakefield-Evans as incoming chair. Wakefield-Evans ...

Morningstar equities research lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... bear market in which the US market lost nearly half its value. Driven by the oil crisis, it followed the resignation of Richard Nixon due to Watergate. During this time Australia's Southern Cross won the America's Cup, and it was a great time to be an ...