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APRA reopens for licences

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
APRA will recommence issuing banking, insurance and superannuation licences after suspending the issuing of new licences due to the challenges new entrants would have been faced in light of economic uncertainty. The prudential regulator will also resume ...

Australian Unity names chief executive

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Australian Unity has nabbed the Bank of New Zealand's head of private banking, wealth and insurance to lead its retail business, following the resignation of the incumbent. BNZ chief customer officer of private, wealth and insurance Christine Yates ...

AMP Capital names new chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
AMP Capital has named a new chief executive to take over from Adam Tindall who is retiring after five years in the role. Boe Pahari, AMP Capital's current global head of infrastructure equity and director, North-West region (UK, Europe and the Americas) ...

Retirement specialist makes board appointment

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
An Australian retirement income solution provider appointed an independent non-executive director to its board, effective June 1. Sally Evans has nabbed the role at Allianz Retire+, bringing with her more than 30 years' experience in investment, wealth ...

Equities attractive in search for yield: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Australian equities have not been immune to the effects of COVID-19, with company earnings taking a material hit, despite the equity market rallying from its lows in mid to late March, according to Zenith Investment Partners. Zenith said a flow on effect ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has not discriminated in its destruction of both developed and emerging economies, Janus Henderson has warned investors to prepare for a dispersion of outcomes in the post-pandemic world. The more advanced emerging economies ...

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Investors redeemed over $3.8 billion from local managed funds in April, in the largest monthly net outflows on record, according to Calastone. So far, November 2018 has been the only month with material net outflows in Australia as investors responded ...

Asset manager hires new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
Australian Standfirst Asset Management has named its new chief executive, with a specific focus on family office. Michael Barnes has been appointed to the role, following a history of working as an ultra-high net worth and family office accountant. ...

Worse than the Great Depression: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
The International Monetary Fund has predicted Australia's GDP will be -6.7% this year due to the effects of COVID-19. Gita Gopinath, economic counsellor and director of the research department at the IMF, said the pandemic has resulted in a collapse ...

Isolated advisers enter the digital age

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
In an industry known for its reliance on pen and paper, financial advisers have been quick to pivot their business models in the face of COVID-19 and embrace technology. For tech-savvy advisers the COVID-19 spurred shutdown will likely see no material ...