Fund People Update

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  • Schroders appoints sales manager

  • Goldman Sachs welcomes new partner

  • IFM appoints ESG expert

  • AustralianSuper welcomes chief retirement, member officer

  • legalsuper CEO resigns

  • Praemium appoints chief strategy officer

  • UniSuper welcomes new chair of investment committee, director

  • Spirit Super loses chair, welcomes new addition

  • State Super appoints new director

  • JANA appoints principal consultant

  • Cbus appoints responsible investment manager

  • NGS Super farewells chair

  • Perpetual appoints head of equities

  • ACSI appoints deputy president

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Fund People Update

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  • UniSuper chair retires, appoints equities trader

  • Maple-Brown Abbott appoints investment director

  • Frontier promotions

  • Fidelity loses Australian MD

  • PwC welcomes chief economist

  • First Sentier creates ESG role

  • IFM Investors welcomes new director

  • FEAL appoints new CEO

  • Aware Super farewells chair

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Australian and New Zealand ESG Update

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  • MetLife only insurer on 'inclusive workplace’ ranking

  • ISS ESG launches important regulatory report, labels and standards solutions, and wins an ESG research award

  • NAB, ANZ and Westpac accused of dropping ‘carbon bomb’ and rejigging net-zero promises

  • IFM Investors achieves carbon neutral status on Private Equity portfolio

  • ClearView achieves carbon neutral status

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Fund People Update

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  • QSuper/Sunsuper merger executive team announced

  • IIG loses head of capital raising and investor relations

  • Citi promotes head of capital markets

  • FSC and AFCA appoint life code compliance committee chair

  • AFCA appoints lead ombudsman, insurance, small business

  • Rest welcomes new CFO

  • KPMG appoints new National Executive Committee

  • BlackRock joins institutional and retail distribution teams

  • IFM Investors welcomes new board member

  • IOOF appoints chief asset management officer

  • UniSuper welcomes new CEO

  • Future Fund appoints board member

  • LGIAsuper CEO position filled, leadership team announced

  • JANA welcomes head of sustainability

  • WTW director of investment research for private markets departs

  • AMP executive retiring

  • Praemium CEO departs

  • ASX deputy CEO resigns

  • AIST Trustee of the Year 2020

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Fund People Updates

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  • FSC appoints new board member

  • Statewide Super welcomes chief technology officer

  • Rest appoints three investment board committee members

  • UN PRI appoints head of Australia and New Zealand

  • Australian Ethical loses head of people and culture

  • Meat super CEO retires

  • QSuper chief leaves after reorganisation of advice arm

  • IOOF loses fund operations head

  • IFM Investors farewell executive director

  • Forrester Research 2020 Australia Superannuation Customer Experience Index awards

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Fund People Update

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  • HESTA welcomes first head of portfolio design

  • JBWere to add 50 new bankers and financial advisers

  • First State Super poaches Hostplus executive manager

  • Australian Unity executive shuffle

  • Equity Trustees appoints independent director

  • Rest appoints CIO

  • Ian Perkins passes away

  • SMSF Association loses head of technical

  • IFM Investors loses equities co-head

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Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 9 April 2019

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  • QB launches execution algorithm on ASX

  • IFM Investors opens European office

  • VicSuper and First State Super consider merger

  • NAB scraps 'introducer payments’

  • Christian Super launches Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander reconciliation plan

  • Institutional Shareholder Services acquires Strategic Insight

  • New alternatives platform launch

  • New small caps boutique at Fidante Partners

  • Zurich closes international equities fund

  • Australian Super increases insurance premiums

  • Refundable franking credits removal fails committee approval

  • Budget relaxes super contribution rules for retirees

  • Product dashboards for MySuper products temporary disclosure-related relief extended

  • APRA’s new powers in the super realm

  • New laws for financial product design and distribution pass

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Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 12 March 2019

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  • Low carbon fund launched by Russell Investments

  • Investec launches Global Environment Strategy

  • Allianz Retire+ first investment product launched

  • Loomis Sayles launches credit fund

  • BlackRock launches Australian ESG bond fund

  • Sunsuper implements advice fee caps

  • IFM Investors establishes emissions reduction targets

  • Statewide Super considering merger with WA Super and Tasplan

  • New super legislation to drop fees, consolidate accounts

  • Abu Dhabi and ASIC sign collaboration agreement

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