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Keybridge shareholder threatens board spill

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... entity of the fund with Primary Securities.The January 15 vote was successful according to Primary, but Aurora refused to recognise it, saying not all unitholders were given enough notice. Supreme Court of New South Wales declared the January 15 meeting ...

Ariel Investments promotes president

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
Ariel Investments has promoted its long-serving president to co-chief executive as part of its succession plan. Mellody Hobson is now president and co-chief executive of the Chicago-based fund manager. Since taking on the new title in July, Hobson is ...

HUB24 launches white label SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
HUB24 has partnered with a fund manager with more than $2 billion in assets under a managed account structure to launch a new SMA solution. Elston Asset Management, a subsidiary of financial services firm Elston, has launched a private label SMA on ...

AFCA delivers $83 million win

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... financial products and services receive the most complaints and how they are being handled by the financial firms. We recognise the importance of making this data open and accessible to the public." Of all Australian financial institutions, banks were ...

Remembering Ron Grima

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... 2018, Grima criticised the Royal Commission for placing too much focus on misconduct in the industry and failing to recognise the real value of advice. Linking the argument to his own diagnosis in August 2018, Grima encouraged all advisers to ensure ...

MySuper lacks risk and return correlation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
New research suggests investment objectives of superannuation funds should be assessed on their own merit as the level of risk does not always directly link to returns. Rainmaker's inaugural RMetrics MySuper report took a deep dive into the relationship ...

Super fund appoints investment lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
A former NAB Asset Management executive was appointed chief investment officer of a $250 million superannuation fund. Jason Hazell has joined Crescent Wealth as its new chief investment officer, bringing with him more than 20 years' experience in super ...

World leaders back impact investing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... Japan in sharing good practices and promoting this matter at an international level." It went on to say the ministers recognise that private finance could be mobilised to support structural development challenges and highlighted the ways this could assist ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
The latest Benchmark Report by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) shows responsible investment funds outperform most mainstream funds. Using KPMG data, the report shows responsible funds on average deliver higher returns across ...

Super fund introduces further group insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... claim at a lower rate than men, while the opposite holds true for income protection claims, the super fund said. "To recognise this, we have introduced gender-based pricing." Members can apply for an early release of insured death benefits if they suffer ...