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Funds SA fills two senior investment roles

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
A $30 billion public sector fund manager has made two appointments in senior investment roles. Matthew Kempton joined Funds SA in February as director, equities. He left his role as chief investment officer at ESSSuper, where he worked from 2013 until ...

ANZ, NAB bottom lines take a hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... life insurance arm to Zurich in October and December 2017 respectively. It anticipates the banking Royal Commission will generate about $50 million of legal and miscellaneous costs for its full-year reporting period of 30 September 2018. ANZ said it ...

Royal Commission can only mean more red tape: Poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
Financial Standard readers predict the financial services Royal Commission will turn the financial advice industry in a new direction, and with more red tape. The publication's weekly spot poll shows more than half (55%) of the respondents strongly ...

Super fund awards $150 million fixed income mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... Funds Management. The PARI is an actively managed global fixed income strategy without traditional benchmarks, aiming to generate stable returns over time regardless of the overall market's performance. Typically looking to provide yearly gross returns ...

Westpac paid out $200m annually in conflicted remuneration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
In statements to the Royal Commission, Westpac noted it has paid out about $200 million in payments each year since 2013 that constitute conflicted - albeit permitted - remuneration. BT Financial Advice national head Michael Wright provided a statement ...

SMSF home bias drags returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Self-managed super funds' home bias dragged returns for the sector in the 12 months to February, latest SuperGuard 360 research shows. According to the SG360 SMSF Reference Index, SMSFs generated a 5.5% return (before fees and tax) - well below the ...

ANZ issues last minute RC submission correction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
ANZ issued a correction to its submissions to the Royal Commission over the weekend ahead of the next fortnight's hearings on financial advice. Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr said the Royal Commission was provided with a correction by ANZ on Sunday ...

CountPlus firm acquires NSW practice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
A CountPlus financial planning member firm will acquire 100% of a New South Wales accounting practice. Robson Partners will acquire Walker & Andrews with the process finalising on May 1. CountPlus described the acquisition as "earnings-accretive" for ...

Instos chasing EM debt for value

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... research from Insight Investment. In its report, Insight's EM debt team said ESG considerations have "the potential to generate enhanced alpha for investors and should be a structural component of EMD investing." "ESG analysis has become an important ...

Crime victims should receive super access: Poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
Financial Standard readers mostly support a Federal Government proposal which would see victims of horrific crimes have an ability to access the superannuation balances of perpetrators. The publication's weekly spot poll shows about two-thirds (63%) ...