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Board addition strengthens strategic relationship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
Challenger has appointed a non-executive director from MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings as part of its expanded strategic relationship with the Japanese insurer. Masahiko Kobayashi joins the Challenger board as part of the strategic relationship which ...

Boutique launches new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
A boutique fund manager has launched a new income fund that provides an alternative to low-yielding cash and term deposits. Prime Value's Diversified High Yield Fund, which launched on August 1, aims to provide investors with a return of 4% per ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
Houston, we have a problem - a gigantic one! Talk about spoiling everybody's weekend. Wall Street fell sharply at the close of last week's trading. Was it due to disappointment over US Fed chair Jerome Powell's much-anticipated words at ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
"Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars And brought in matter that should feed this fire; And now 'tis far too huge to be blown out With that same weak wind which enkindled it." - The Life and Death of King John Bill Shakespeare might just ...

SMSF Association patron steps down

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
The Reverend Tim Costello AO has stepped down as patron of the SMSF Association. Costello assumed the role in August 2017, succeeding former High Court chief justice Sir Anthony Mason. He has resigned for personal reasons. Speaking on behalf of the ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
We're now all too familiar with the heightened volatility in financial markets; the slowdown in global economic growth, led by rising expectations for a US recession (and perhaps, Germany); the trade war - US and China, Japan and South Korea; Brexit ...

MLC shuts down $28m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
MLC has shut down an international equities fund as it faced the prospect of increasing management fees on the relatively small funds under management. The MLC Wholesale Hedged Global Share fund was terminated effective August with about $28 million ...

Japanese insurer gets Treasury tick to up Challenger stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
A Japanese insurer that owns about 16% of Challenger has received the green light from the Treasury to increase its stake in the company. In March, MS&AD announced its intention to take its stake in Challenger over 15% and seek board representation. ...

SSGA global equity beta head retires, promotes two

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
State Street Global Advisors has made two executive promotions as its local managing director and global equity beta lead exits the company after two decades. SSGA confirmed that Susan Darroch has retired as the senior managing director and head of ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
A recession is coming! Worries over a global recession are everywhere! Financial market investors are seeking safety - exiting equity markets and queuing to purchase longer-term bonds (despite their low, and in some, negative yields); the US dollar ...