Mercer is in the process of hiring 120 new positions across its outsourcing business to cater for a flurry of new super fund clients in recent months, including the $2 billion ANZ Australian Staff ...

Kerry Series’ dream of creating a Sydney-based Asian equities powerhouse will be more achievable in his newly-created role of AMP Capital Investors’ head of Asia-Pacific equities than it was in his ...

Financial Facts, investment researcher for ING’s 1400 affiliated advisers, is seeking a research strategy manager after the five year incumbent took a new senior product sourcing role at Macquarie ...

An asset class that offers combination of competitive returns and capital preservation must be attractive to investors. Add to that a debt portfolio with senior secured collateral backing and it’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...