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The real cost of a bad chief executive: AICD, ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... new chief executive, we need to have a strong focus on their soft skills. Not just whether they delivered outstanding financials in their last job, but who are they as people? What do others really think about them? Are they genuine culture carriers?" ...

Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... presented "evidence-based, independent" findings of the Retirement Income Review with Minister for Superannuation, Financials Services and Financial Technology Jane Hume, that will form the foundations of future policies. The review went through the ...

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... same stringent reporting and disclosure requirements as publicly-listed companies. The Minister for Superannuation, Financials Services and Financial Technology told the recent Australian Shareholders Association Investor Conference that the federal ...

AMP Capital ESG lead jumps to Platypus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... her contribution as part of the Platypus leadership team." Her prior experience includes a sell-side analyst covering financials, a corporate governance analyst at Ownership Matters, a commercial litigator at Piper Alderman, and a business journalist ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... holdings at August end included: Tabcorp, Telstra, Aurizon, Lendlease and IPH. By sector, its highest weighting is to financials (21.9% of the fund), industrials (16.6%), consumer discretionary (16.1%), communication services (12.83%) and real estate ...

High performance funds significantly underperform: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... worst performing high performance funds included VanEck Vectors Australian Banks ETF (-4.4% p.a), SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Financials ex-AREITs Fund (-5% p.a.) and BetaShares Australian Financials Sector ETF (-5% p.a.). That's compared to the benchmark S&P/ASX ...

Credit Suisse names preferred investment options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... Financial Services Sector review for August 2020. The report reviewed the key operational trends in the diversified financials sector during the August 2020 reporting season and outlined preferred picks in the sector. "We see the most opportunity (value ...

Female fund managers outperform men

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... Of the total universe, just 14 mutual funds were led by an all-female team. While their male counterparts prefer the financials sector, female-managed funds tend to favour tech stocks like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Tesla. Female-managed funds tend ...

UBS appoints new sector heads for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... equities coverage, including a hire from Credit Suisse. Andrew Adams will lead UBS's coverage of insurance and diversified financials. Adams has worked at Credit Suisse for the last 10 years, covering diversified financials. Prior to this, he spent a ...

Hearts and Minds donates almost $10m to charity

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... way our model works is that we invest in the highest conviction ideas from our fund managers." It is underweight to financials, utilities, healthcare and materials compared to the MSCI World Index. Only six of the companies that HM1 invests in have a ...