Fund People Update

  • Rest shuffles equities team

  • Challenger welcomes new CFO

  • APRA appoints new chair and deputy

  • Aviva welcomes head of APAC

  • Vanguard farewells CFO, welcomes new executive

  • CareSuper appoints ESG head

  • Fidelity welcomes director of institutional business

  • Investment Trends welcomes CEO, chair of advisory board

  • UniSuper loses chair, welcomes head of advice

  • TelstraSuper promotes portfolio manager

  • Magellan appoints CIO

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Fund People Update

  • BlackRock welcomes head of wealth APAC

  • Rest Super appoints responsible investment manager

  • Funds SA appoints director

  • UBS appoints country head for Australia and New Zealand

  • State Street welcomes head of Australia

  • Aviva Investors appoints head of credit

  • AustralianSuper welcomes head of risk

  • Aware Super appoints deputy CIO

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Australian and New Zealand ESG Update

  • BlackRock reiterates its committment to ESG

  • Hostplus called out by Market Forces

  • LGIAsuper pulls AMP Capital’s ethical fund from socially responsible option

  • Future Super using deidentified recruitment practices to improve diversity

  • Rest investigates new ethical option after missteps

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ESG Update as at 10 December 2019

ESG Update as at 10 December 2019
  • Good Super closes four ESG-themed options

  • Boutique launch Impact Fund into impact investing space

  • First Super watching Orbis amidst ESG concerns

  • BetaShares launches first green bond ETF

  • A year of Women in Super

  • Rest climate risk trial scheduled

  • RIAA: responsible investments are outperforming peers

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Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 13 August 2019

Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 13 August 2019
  • Updated MyNorth retirement modelling tool launched

  • Tomorrow Super launching shortly

  • BlackRock and VicSuper partner up for ESG-focused global bond index fund

  • Rest Super brings investments arm in-house

  • WTW buys specialist mergers and acquisitions broker

  • Finclear Execution fined $70k

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Fund People as at 26 March 2019

  • Super and pensions fund head appointed at Goldman Sachs

  • Link Group welcomes two new executives to new merged team

  • Frontier Advisors appoints two and loses two directors

  • HESTA appoints new director

  • AMP Capital hires infrastructure equity adviser

  • Rest super welcomes two new executives into new units

  • Media Super loses deputy chief and GM of operations

  • Blue Sky CFO resigns after two months

  • Vision Super appoints chief risk officer

  • REI Super CEO leaving fund

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Fund Product, Company and Regulatory Updates as at 28 January 2019

  • SelfWealth launches ETF for SMSFs

  • Praemium upgrading platform for advisers and investors

  • Premier Asset Management winds up 17-year-old fund

  • Australian Ethical selling stake in IOOF

  • MLC reduces wrap admin fees

  • MTAA Super cuts fees

  • Rest launches no-fee investment options

  • CFS Private Wealth wound up after ASIC investigation

  • Kaz Capital with imposed licence conditions

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Fund People as at 22 May 2018

  • Rest Super appoints senior analyst

  • Perpetual appoints new CEO

  • CBA announces acting CFO

  • PIMCO and Allianz seeking 50 new hires

  • FinTech Australia appoints new CEO

  • New Shadow Minister for Financial Services

  • Westpac appoints new group exec of customer and corporate relations

  • First State Super retiring

  • JP Morgan NZ resigns

  • Blue Sky director resigns

  • Young Leaders in Finance Award finalists announced

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