The chair of one of Australia’s largest super funds, State Super NSW, said that investment expertise was a major criteria in the selection of its new chief executive. (more…) Nick Basile will start ...
Executive compensation in Australia’s financial sector could fall to equal or below CPI in the next few years in line with a trend being seen across Asia Pacific. (more…) The $300 million NSW ...
However, the staff cuts and other cost-saving schemes by managers make you wonder what sort of financial services industry will be left when markets recover and the economy returns to good health. It ...
Would you like to know how many times Investment & Technology published a story including the word ‘after-tax’ in 2007? I’ll tell you anyway. 29. And how many do you reckon we’ll run in 2009? This ...
Australian super funds have the highest allocation to cash compared with pension funds in the other major markets, according to a report by Watson Wyatt. (more…) Australia’s largest multimanager, MLC, ...
But imagine if an airline ticket of­fice worked the same was a super fund call centre? Watson Wyatt consultant, David McNeice, gave it a go… (more…) Here we all were talking about a return to ...
Aberdeen Asset Management (Australia) chief executive, Bill Bovingdon, intends to continue in his dual role running Australian fixed income even when the size of his business trebles, assuming the ...
Banking services provider to super funds, Cuscal, has merged its executive strategy and marketing roles, ousting its former general manager – customers. (more…) The $1 billion Prime Super has ...
As funds managers wait anxiously for super funds to start spending their stockpiles of cash, Ian Macoun is bet­ting that at least some will see oppor­tunities in what might seem an unlikely place – ...
A Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL) survey of super executives has found that fund call centres were not as jammed ...
Michael Glennon, who worked with Peter Mouatt at small-caps boutique Adam Smith Asset Management, has launched a new venture ...
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