Skills shortages in Hong Kong and Singapore will do more to advance Australia’s status as a regional financial services centre than anything our Government is doing in response to the ‘Johnson report’, according to a regional custody chief.
Senate tick for Medicare super clearing house
The passing of the free Medicare clearing house legislation has been hailed by some super industry bodies and decried by private clearing houses and the Federal Opposition.
RBC Dexia’s Bonhote opts for tree-change
Michael Bonhote
Gordon cuts short retirement for top role
One of Australia’s expatriate success stories, Michael Gordon, has come out of a brief retirement to take the helm of the European equities arm of a big global manager.
Mercer stiffens investments arms
Mercer is stiffening its investments arms with the appointment of a market business leader in Australia and a CIO for alt-alpha strategies in the UK.
GESB adds two to investment team
GESB, the $10.4 billion WA-based public sector fund, has added two people to its investment team.
City Super hands reins to acting CEO
City Super, the $1.4 billion Brisbane City Council fund, has appointed its CEO who has been acting in the position since October last year.
Rollover times set to plummet
The time taken for rollovers and contributions is set to drop from up to one month down to less than three days due to an e-commerce pilot with the Industry Funds Forum and Cuscal. Sunsuper snaps up secondary property deal
Sunsuper was one of many investors that bought into a $500 million direct property secondaries offering from another domestic institution in the past week and a half.
We take it all back: Russell re-insources super admin from IBM
Russell Investments has dramatically reversed its 2006 decision to outsource administration of its 220,000 super member accounts to IBM.
RBC Dexia's Bonhote opts for tree-change
Michael Bonhote
