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Channel Capital expands overseas

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... investment funds managed by US SEC-registered advisors are domiciled in the Cayman Islands. "The Cayman Islands remains by far the most popular jurisdiction for hedge, private equity and infrastructure funds. I'm really looking forward to working ...

Financial services eyes gig economy workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... employees and an increasing percentage of gig economy talent and skills that they can access on-demand, making the organisations far more innovative, nimble and cost-efficient," said Garvey. COVID-19 has spurred the need to work from home, and many studies ...

Wells Fargo sells asset management business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Wells Fargo has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) to GTCR and Reverence Capital Partners for US$2.1 billion, while also offloading four of its closed-end funds. The sale includes Wells Fargo Bank N.A.'s ...

Crypto chosen over defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... "The rest of the world has made great strides in recognising Bitcoin's importance as an investment and Australia is not far behind. It's only a matter of time."

Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... the Fed's 2.0% inflation target. In addition, the US unemployment rate which stood at 6.3% as at January 2021 remains far above the 50-year low 3.5% before covid-19, not enough to put upward pressure on wages and, by extension, inflation. Throwing ...

Countdown to FASEA exam deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... locations as well as Cairns, Townsville, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Gosford, Coffs Harbour, Geelong, Bendigo and Geraldton. So far, 89% of those who have sat the exam have passed - a total of 11,241 advisers have passed the exam, just over half the approximately ...

PIMCO eyes ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... income funds as active ETFs in Australia. PIMCO, which managed over $52 billion in Australian assets at September end, has so far stayed away from ETFs. It did list nine of its strategies in ASX's mFunds marketplace. These totalled $256 million in ...

AFCA chair under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The woes of Crown Resorts seem far from over, and now scrutiny has turned to executive chair Helen Coonan - with some suggesting she should resign from AFCA before her term as chair ends in May. Today Crown announced that Coonan will be paid an extra ...

The future of quality advice: SMSFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... and data integration. "If we think about it as a spend, there might be a bit more money going into those initiatives but as far as keeping yourself in a quality advice environment capability and being clear with clients is key," he said. In addition ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... over rising inflation - that would prompt the Fed taper policy accommodation. "Participants observed that the economy was far from achieving the committee's broad-based and inclusive goal of maximum employment and that even with a brisk pace of improvement ...