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Global asset manager appoints local insto lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... grow its presence in the region. Sharma links with the asset manager from bfinance, where he has served as a senior associate since 2017. Prior to his time with the UK-based consultant, Sharma spent almost five years at M&G Investments in the UK, developing ...

Westpac to review business units

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Westpac has determined several of its business units lack sufficient scale, including superannuation and investments, and is set to launch a review aimed at simplifying the group. Announcing results today, Westpac said it is establishing a new specialist ...

Is it really as bad as it seems?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Pandemic, crisis, unprecedented; these are some of the terms that have been filling up our newsfeeds, but is this really such a big deal? Everyone has heard the phrase 'don't let the solution be worse than the cause' and many people think this is worth ...

Former Spectrum Wealth, NAB advisers banned

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
ASIC has permanently banned an ACT financial adviser over dodgy SMSF advice, and banned another from NSW for three years for failing to consider clients' best interests. Jane Myers, an authorised representative of Spectrum Wealth between 2013 and 2017 ...

ANZ profits halve, dividend deferred

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
ANZ has announced a 51% reduction in profits for 1H20 compared to last year as it defers its interim dividend awaiting greater clarity of the impact COVID-19 will have. The big bank's half-year results show a statutory profit after tax of $1.55 ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Aussie passive and active equity strategies have been put to the test, with Morningstar assessing how the country's small and large-cap managers have fared during the highs of 2019 and the lows of 2020. The coronavirus crash has renewed debate on ...

Madison sale slated for May completion

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
OneVue is on track on complete the sale of dealer group Madison next month, the company said in quarterly update released this morning. OneVue took control of Madison Group in early February from Sargon Capital, as the ASX-listed companies tries to ...

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 ...

Australians hate complexity, not annuities: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... researchers found that demand would be much higher if annuity options were presented in a simplified manner. Altschwager and associate professor of marketing Jody Evans, used modelling techniques to analyse the behaviour of more than 1000 consumers when ...

Raiz cuts costs, super increases

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
With market volatility impacting the investment platform's funds under management, Raiz has taken "decisive steps" to cut $1.2 million in costs. It comes as the platform reveals its superannuation product grew by 75.2% to $66.25 million compared ...