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Wingate appoints senior investment analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
Wingate Asset Management has a new senior investment analyst. Covering equities research and risk analysis, Thomas Hodson joins Wingate from UCA Funds Management, where he was also a senior investment analyst. Prior to that, he held roles at Barclays ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
A former Mercer and van Eyk senior consultant has launched DiligenceVault, a new managed funds research platform in Australia. Hansi Mehrotra worked as a research consultant at van Eyk and later Mercer for more than 15 years before moving to India to ...

OneVentures seeks super fund investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Following Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement, OneVentures is exploring a potential opportunity to add superannuation funds as investors in its Innovation and Growth Fund II. With federal government plans to lift the tax free cap on early-stage ...

ASIC consults on LIF powers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... today, said it is also seeking feedback on the type of information life insurers "should report to us to enable us to monitor the effect of the reforms and assist us to understand developments in the life insurance sector." Meanwhile the Life Insurance ...

Local shares lacklustre in 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
Low commodity prices and less demand from China are likely to translate into lacklustre equity market returns in 2016, according to Australian Unity Investments' outlook for the year ahead. The fund manager's chief executive David Bryant said all indications ...

Third SMSF auditor banned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its crackdown on self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors, disqualifying a third person in as many days. James Dermody of New South Wales is disqualified from being an ...

HNW advice group faces licence conditions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
A financial planning dealer group focusing on high net worth investors is facing having conditions placed on its licence by ASIC following serious breach incidents. Morgans Financial representatives were monitored by ASIC, which identified "a number ...

Cbus appoints ESG investment manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
Industry superannuation fund Cbus has appointed a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment manager and is increasing company research and its direct engagement program. Joining the $31 billion fund is Nicole Bradford, replacing Louise ...

NAB and FPA back super in PPL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... "special measure" provisions of anti-discrimination laws; the government should fund the Sex Discrimination Commissioner to monitor and report on the gendered nature of the retirement income gap, including the sufficiency of the pension; and through ...

BetaShares launches managed Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
BetaShares has launched a managed risk Australian equities exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Managed Risk Australian Share Fund (ASX: "AUST") invests a passively-managed selection of Australian shares (broadly similar to the ASX 200) while employing an ...