Despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic, investment operations executives reveal a number of “mindset shifts” have actually improved work processes by bringing innovation and forward thinking to the fore.
This keynote session explores the impact and role of digital resources and jobs in developing financial services and Australia’s broader economy.
UniSuper’s biggest challenges might well land on the shoulders of O’Sullivan’s successor in light of the hit the fund will take to cashflows if so called ‘stapling’ proposals are passed.
Achieving diversity requires data, new recruitment practices and nurturing inclusion. And the financial industry must get its own house in order to better put pressure on investee companies.
The YFYS performance test might be well-intended, but the design requires improvement, and a couple of extra indices isn’t the solution, David Bell writes.
The Aware Super CEO became the highest paid superannuation fund executive in the country during the survey period which encapsulated a merger and brand change, leapfrogging from 7th position in the pay rankings from the previous year.
Explore this immersive digital feature article to find out about this year’s top executive incentive schemes, the fastest moving female CEOs and CIOs and a new analysis ranking remuneration on a per assets under management and per-member basis.
Perhaps the biggest surprise in the comparisons section of this year’s Salary Survey is what’s not reported with remuneration disclosures of executives at both the Financial Services Council and Industry Superannuation Australia not made public.
At the upper end, CEOs of some medium-sized super funds earned pay packets equivalent to $70 per member, according to analysis which considers executive pay on a per member and per assets under management basis.
The pandemic and a changing technology environment are rapidly shifting the recruitment landscape for investment management operations teams, according to financial services specialists in human resources.
ASIC’s new super enforcement and surveillance remit includes a focus on trustee competence and oversight that has led the regulator to investigate a “pocket of trustees” it believes is involved in misconduct, Karen Chester has revealed.
The senior investment leader describes the governance challenges as “huge” for funds moving into alternative asset classes because of the complexity and also because of the gap between the best and worst performing general partners and investment managers.
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